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Eisenhowers recd into membership of Natl Presb Ch; Rev Dr Elson comment; they receive Holy Communion
high grade gasoline under brand names at competitive quality and prices reintroduced; comment on effect on filling stations' service
Eisenhower works on s
North Sea hits Lincoln-Norfolk, Eng, area; some 200 dead, thousands missing; communications hit; some US servicemen and families feared lost, Hunstanton; Canvey Is, Lincolnshire and other areas being evacuated; North Sea inundates secs of Netherlands, Belgium, N France and Dusseldorf, Ger; 230 reptd dead, thousands missing; map, GB and Netherlands
Peltz, P: T Morgan, 15, charged with Dec '52 slaying; 14-yr-old also held
1953Duane Chapman, American bounty hunter[citation needed][†]
Duane Chapman, also known as Dog the Bounty Hunter, is an American television personality, bounty hunter, and former bail bondsman.
1953Jerry Sisk, Jr., American gemologist, co-founded Jewelry Television (died 2013)[†]
Gerald D. "Jerry" Sisk Jr. was an American gemologist who co-founded Jewelry Television (JTV) in 1993. Sisk also served as the executive vice president of Jewelry Television until his death in 2013.
In 1953, the world population was approximately 2,634,106,235 people[†]