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anti-Ryan forces plan drive to avert strike; charge Ryan ordered it to protect own interests; Ryan repeats pledge of support; Weighmasters Assn defers comment
B-29s hit ore processing center, Moktong; hit rr yds, Sopo; enemy fighters fail to attack; B-26s hit Tanchon area; no MIGs spotted; USAF rept, Dec, lists 61 MIGs downed or damaged, 17 UN planes lost exclusive of Navy and Marine planes
pub and parochial school authorities tentatively decide to stagger school hrs to ease bus strike effects; may close some schools, Bronx and Queens, where students depend on private buses; 150,000 affected by stagger plan; Supt Jansen comments
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Anglo-Iranian Oil Co would buy up to 10 million tons yrly if accord can be reached on compensation for nationalization; amt would be less than 1/3 of output before co's operations ended in '51; 2-3 mos needed to get oil moving again; US cos may take some; Anglo-Iranian lets main contract for 5-million-ton refinery, Aden, to Middle East Bechtel Corp; Byroade continues talks, London
1953Guccio Gucci, Italian businessman and fashion designer, founder of Gucci (born 1881)[†]
Guccio Giovanbattista Giacinto Dario Maria Gucci was an Italian businessman and fashion designer and founder of the fashion house Gucci.
In 1953, the world population was approximately 2,634,106,235 people[†]