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Widely differing reform plans for the racket-ridden Port of New York were offered to the State Crime Commission yesterday by two authoritative agencies, the Port of New York Authority and the New York Shipping Association.
W J McCormick denies $81,500 shakedown of late T Rickard from proceeds of '23 Dempsey-Firpo bout; denies being forced to resign from State Athletic Comm by late Gov Smith as result or that former Magistrate McQuade made him return money to Rickard, NYS Crime Comm hearing
WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 -- Senate approval of President Eisenhower's choices for Secretaries of the Army, the Navy and the Air Force was recommended today by the Senate Armed Services Committee.
Van Fleet says good-bye to Korean people, Seoul; gets ovation; illus with Rhee; promises to return for visit
Lie fears McCarran Immigration Act may cost 400 non-Amer workers their permanent visas; asked US in Aug '52 to clarify sees holding foreigners must waive privileges and immunities as UN workers or transfer to visas granted for duration of UN employment only; Lie asks workers not to sign waivers pending clarification; some bar leaving US for work abroad lest they lose permanent visas
1953Fred Hembeck, American author and illustrator[†]
Fred Hembeck is an American cartoonist best known for his parodies of characters from major American comic book publishers. His work has frequently been published by the firms whose characters he spoofs. His characters are always drawn with curlicues at the elbows and knees. He often portrays himself as a character in his own work, in the role of "interviewer" of various comic book characters. Interviewer Daniel Best has said of his work, "If you take your comic books seriously, and think that those characters are real, then you're probably not a fan of Hembeck."
In 1953, the world population was approximately 2,634,106,235 people[†]