December 3, 1951
By the winter of 1951, Truman was in the White House and the federal minimum wage stood at $0.75/hr — and the United States Senate had just voted to ask the United Nations to bar Communist China from membership, a direct consequence of Chinese forces fighting against American troops in Korea. On the entertainment front, Patti Page's "The Tennessee Waltz" was sitting at the top of the music charts, while moviegoers were lining up to see "Harvey," the box office hit starring Jimmy Stewart. The Los Angeles Rams were the NFL champions that season, and on February 25, athletes from across the Western Hemisphere gathered in Buenos Aires for the opening of the first Pan American Games, a landmark international sporting event that would go on to become a permanent fixture in the Americas.
On the cover
Magazine Covers — December 3, 1951
NY Times Headlines — Week of December 3, 1951
More Arms To Go To Europe If War In Far East Ends; Equipment Earmarked Today For Korea Would Be Diverted To Eisenhower'S Command Capital Divided As In '42 Truman Steps In As Pentagon And State Department Clash Over Supply Allocations
China Builds Vast Rail Link In Northwest To Soviet Asia; Russian-Nationalist Supply Route Red China Building Rail Link To Soviet Developments Are Listed China Adds Links To Turkestan-Siberia Railway
Quill Gives Pledge Not To Call Strike On 3d Ave. System; Court Order Will Be Obeyed While It Stands, He Says, But Union Will Contest It Peace Due On Other Lines All Have Accepted Kheel Plan, On Which Hearings Are To Start Later In Week
Byelorussia Leads U.S. Choice In Vote For Security Seat; Soviet-Bloc Nation In 8-Ballot Deadlock With Greece--Final Decision Delayed--Pakistan, Chile Elected--Some Latins Decline To Back Athens In Retaliation For Rebuff On Court Post
Deadlock In Truce; No Fresh Compromises On Enforcement Are Offered At Session Reds Scored On Captives U. N. Spokes Says Enemy Holds Prisoners As Hostages To Force Concessions Truce Talks Stall Over Enforcement The United Nations Negotiators At Panmunjom
World Events — December 1951
Time Person of the Year — 1951
On the radio
Billboard Charts — December 3, 1951
On the bookshelf
On the television
Nielsen Top 10 — 1951–52 Season
At the movies
Box Office & Oscar Winners — December 3, 1951
On the field
Sports Champions — December 3, 1951
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