October 7, 1951
That fall of 1951, gas ran $0.27 a gallon and Truman was in the White House — the Soviet Union had just detonated its second atomic bomb in two years, a development the White House said directly undercut the peace intentions Stalin had been publicly voicing. On the newsstands, James Jones's novel "From Here to Eternity" was sitting atop the fiction bestsellers, and on television, "Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts" was the show American households kept coming back to each week. The New York Yankees took the World Series that October by defeating the New York Giants, the same fall that Chinese Communist forces marched into Lhasa and completed their takeover of Tibet, effectively ending the country's independence.
On the cover
Magazine Covers — October 7, 1951
NY Times Headlines — Week of October 7, 1951
Stassen Says Data In 2 Diaries Back His China Charges; Asserts Papers Of Vandenberg And Forfestal Aid Him On 'Softness-To-Reds' Criticism Wants Writings Seized Testifies Late Senator Barred Move, At White House Talk, To Halt Arms For Chiang
Vandenberg Diary Says Top Advisers Fought China Aid; States Truman Told '49 Parley Security Council And Military Favored Halting Supplies Senator Opposed Plan Lattimore Issues Transcript To Dispute Stassen--55 In G.O.P. Attack Jessup
Cairo Acts To Oust British From Suez And Control Sudan; Premier Denounces 1936 Pact, Asks For Its Abrogation By Parliamentary Decree Move Is Called Illegal London Argues Treaty Cannot Be Ended--Nahas Says, He Has Means To Eject Troops Asks For Abrogation Of Pact Says He Spoke To Envoy British Rights Threatened Egypt Moves To Oust The British From Suez, Take Over All Sudan Premier Recalls Negotiations
Britain Will Defy Egypt To Evict Her From Base On Suez; Bluntly Refuses To Move Troops Out Of Canal Zone Or Civil Staff From The Sudan Stands On Treaty Rights Foreign Office Holds Up New Offer For Restudy--Hopes For Strong U.S. Support New Proposals Held Up Britain Will Defy Eviction By Egypt Basis Of New Proposals London Acts Energetically Not Deserting West, Envoy Says
World Events — October 1951
Time Person of the Year — 1951
On the radio
Billboard Charts — October 7, 1951
On the bookshelf
On the television
Nielsen Top 10 — 1951–52 Season
At the movies
Box Office & Oscar Winners — October 7, 1951
On the field
Sports Champions — October 7, 1951
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