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November 21, 1952

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Headlines from November 21, 1952

EDEN FAVORS INDIA'S PLAN FOR A TRUCE; SUPPORT IS STRONG Briton Terms Proposal to End Korea Captive Deadlock 'Timely' SUGGESTS MODIFICATIONS Stresses U. N. Responsibility on Non-Returning Prisoners -- U. S. 'Welcomes' Speech INDIA'S KOREA PLAN SUPPORTED BY EDEN

By A. M. Rosenthalspecial To the New York Times

Eden conf with Eisenhower; with Menon; Eden backs Indian plan principles and most of details, s, UN com; urges UN comm be set up to handle non-repatriates; urgee umpire be made permanent part of proposed Repatriation Comm; speculation on reaction to amended plan by US, India and Communist world; com debate seen on Eden suggestions

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14 Purged Czech Reds Go on Trial; Slansky Pleads Guilty to Treason; Key Figures in Czech Treason Trial 14 PURGED REDS GO ON TRIAL IN PRAGUE

By John MacCormacspecial To the New York Times

R Slansky, V Clementis and 12 other Communists purged in last 2 yrs go on trial, Prague, on charges of treason, espionage and subversion; Slansky pleads guilty; says he kept contact with US spy service, murdered Communist J Sverma, put Jewish 'imperialist agents' in high posts and allowed ties with Israeli orgns; admits ties with Brit MP K Zilliacus and Yugoslav theoretician M Pijade; all defendants but Clementis are Jews; charged with Trotskyism, Titoism, Zionism and bourgeois nationalism

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Notable Births

Mervyn Davies, Baron Davies of Abersoch

1952Mervyn Davies, Baron Davies of Abersoch, Welsh banker and politician[†]

Evan Mervyn Davies, Baron Davies of Abersoch, is a British former banker and was a Labour government minister until May 2010, as Minister of State for Trade, Investment and Small Business. Davies remains a UK government Trade Envoy for Sri Lanka.

Janne Kristiansen

1952Janne Kristiansen, Norwegian lawyer and jurist[†]

Janne Kristiansen is a Norwegian jurist. She was the first head of the Criminal Cases Review Commission from 2004 to 2009. and head of the Norwegian Police Security Service (PST) from 2009 to 2012, a position from which she resigned following a heavily politicized scandal.

Lorna Luft

1952Lorna Luft, American actress and singer[†]

Lorna Luft is an American actress and singer. She is the daughter of Judy Garland and Sidney Luft, the sister of Joey Luft and the half-sister of Liza Minnelli.

Historical Context for November 21, 1952

In 1952, the world population was approximately 2,584,086,339 people[†]