April 17, 1950
Gas cost $0.27 a gallon in the spring of 1950, and the Dow Jones stood at 235 — a tense standoff over the status of Trieste kept Western and Soviet diplomats at odds, with Moscow formally demanding the withdrawal of foreign troops from the contested territory. On the entertainment front, the animated film "Cinderella" was drawing families to theaters across the country, and Eileen Barton's "If I Knew You Were Comin' I'd've Baked a Cake" was the song Americans couldn't get off the radio. In sports, the Minneapolis Lakers defeated the Syracuse Nationals to claim the NBA championship, and in New York City, the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel opened to traffic on May 25, connecting Brooklyn and lower Manhattan through more than a mile of roadway beneath the harbor.
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Magazine Covers — April 17, 1950
NY Times Headlines — Week of April 17, 1950
Dulles Wants U.N. To Admit Red China If It Proves Power; Stand Similar To Lie'S Dulles Wants U.N. To Seat Red China
'New Thinking' Seen On Atom Controls; Mcmahon Says Congressional Restudy Of U.S. Plan Spurs Administration To Ponder New Thinking Seen On Atom Controls Need For Strength Stressed
Testifying Before Senators In Washington; Lattimore Accused By Budenz As A Red; Backed By General Ex-Communist Editor Asserts He Was 'Officially Informed' Of Professor'S Connection No First-Hand Knowledge Wartime Aide Of Macarthur Testifies 3 Inquiries Cleared Expert On The Far East Says He Will Go To F.B.I. "Never Heard Of Lattimore" Budenx Says Lattimore Was Known To Him As A Communist "Technically Not Accurate" Seeks To Limit Lattimore "Line Was To Attack Chiang" Cites China Trip Story Refers To 1937 Meeting Questions Put Through Morgan Discussed "Lattimore Case" Notes Fordham Connection Cites His Views On China Barnes Denies Charge Field Issues Statement
Russia Asks Trieste Regime, Foreign Troops' Withdrawal; Moscow Note To U.S., Britain And France Charges West Has A Naval Base There And Violates Italian Peace Treaty Moscow Demands A Trieste Regime
World Events — April 1950
Time Person of the Year — 1950
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Billboard Charts — April 17, 1950
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At the movies
Box Office & Oscar Winners — April 17, 1950
On the field
Sports Champions — April 17, 1950
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