Wednesday, March 7, 1951

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The Headlines

DRAFT BILL STALLS AS SENATE WEIGHS CEILING ON FORCES; Morse Demands 3,500,000 Limit--Induction of 60,000 in May Asked by Army CURB ATTRACTS SUPPORT Vote on Proposal Set for This Afternoon, With Sentiment Apparently Closely Divided

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On This Day

• Korean War: Operation Ripper: United Nations troops led by General Matthew Ridgway begin an assault against Chinese forces.

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• Iranian prime minister Ali Razmara is assassinated by Khalil Tahmasebi, a member of the Islamic fundamentalist Fada'iyan-e Islam, outside a mosque in Tehran.

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• Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 307 crashes in Lynnhurst, Minneapolis, killing 15 people.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Alessandro Manzoni (1785)
• Maurice Ravel (1875)
• Tomáš Masaryk (1850)
• John Herschel (1792)
• Piet Mondrian (1872)

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Tech Check

UNIVAC I (Commercial Computer), Power Steering & Video Tape Recorder (Early).

Cost of Living (1950)