June 4, 1950
The federal minimum wage stood at $0.75/hr that summer of 1950, and the Dow Jones sat at 235 — the Korean War had begun just weeks earlier, with North Korean forces pushing south and U.S. troops rushing to hold the line around Pusan. At the movies, audiences were turning out for "Father of the Bride" with Spencer Tracy, while on the radio Nat "King" Cole's "Mona Lisa" sat at the top of the charts. That June, French mountaineers Maurice Herzog and Louis Lachenal made history by reaching the summit of Annapurna, becoming the first climbers ever to stand atop a peak higher than 8,000 metres.
On the cover
Magazine Covers — June 4, 1950
NY Times Headlines — Week of June 4, 1950
Japanese Who Back Treaty With West Lead In Election; Liberal Party Of Premier Yoshida May Win Majority In Vote For The Upper House To Control The Entire Diet
Marshall Warns Of Soviet Invasion If Arms Aid Stops; Testifying On Arms Aid
Acheson Accuses Kremlin Of Using Coercion On U.N.; Cool To Lie'S Peace Plan, He Holds Soviet Is Responsible For Impasse Over China Assails Russian Boycott U.N. Chief'S 10-Point Proposal Hit By Formosa Envoy, But Backed In Other Quarters
Senators Approve 3-Year Draft Plan With Racial Limits; They Also Vote To Leave Calls Up To President, Ordering Bill To Floor For Showdown A Choice On Segregation Men Would Get Right To Serve Only With Own Race--Hard Fight In Conference Seen Present Act Nearing End Provisions Of Russell Plan Senators Approve 3-Year Draft Plan Senator Sets A "Real Fight" Would Warn Officers
Bradley Sees U.S. Unready For War; Forces Will Lack Strength Year Hence, He Tells Senators-- Air Chief Warns Of Bomb U. S. Not Ready Far A Major War, Bradley Tells Senate Committee
World Events — June 1950
Time Person of the Year — 1950
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Billboard Charts — June 4, 1950
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On the television
At the movies
Box Office & Oscar Winners — June 4, 1950
On the field
Sports Champions — June 4, 1950
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