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MELBOURNE, Jan. 3 (UP) -- Australia's tennis youngsters will get an inkling of their chances for defending the Davis Cup in 1953 when play begins Tuesday in the Australian national championships at Kooyong Stadium.
Mayor, on TV program, offers plan providing 40-hr wk to start Mar 1, 18-20¢ hrly pay rise at once, fiscal aid to cos (unspecified), monthly bonus for workers and appeal to NYS for fiscal aid to city; pay rise would keep rates paid to private cos' employes near those paid to city's; Quill rejects plan, s on TV program 45 mins later; cos reaction also unfavorable; J T Hodes, Collins views; Quill asks Mayor to s at TWU rally; TWU exec E Van Riper says Mayor's plan would involve cut in take-home pay; Dir Kornblum conf with Riesenfeld com
Pres-elect Eisenhower appts him Budget Bur Dir; por
F-86s in 16 battles with 50 MIGs; damage 6; USAF repts loss of B-29, 2 F-51s, B-26 and F-86, wk
In defiance of the general belief that, under the new basketball rules, the team that trails going into the last three minutes is a sure loser, New York University and St. John5s each rallied in the stretch to win at Madison Square Garden last night.
1953Norberto Alonso, Argentinian footballer[†]
Norberto Osvaldo "Beto" Alonso is a former Argentine football midfielder who spent most of his career at River Plate, where he won 9 titles. He remains one of their most notable players. Alonso was regularly regarded as one of the best South American players in the world during the 1970s.
In 1953, the world population was approximately 2,634,106,235 people[†]