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council abandons hands-off policy; sets up com of 3 to weigh ILA clean-up; orders Auto Workers to revoke charter of local headed by convicted extortionist; sets AFL-CIO unity confs
The strike of newspaper deliverymen against suburban wholesalers has curtailed distribution of The New York Times outside New York City within a 50-mile radius. The Times may be obtained, however, at all newsstands within the New York City line.
Pres Eisenhower pledges to conduct policy in bipartisan spirit
Capehart sets Sen com hearings on his proposed bill to extend certain controls on stand-by basis
LONDON, Tuesday, Feb. 3 -- As the gales abated and the raging waters of the North Sea began to recede, three nations counted their dead today and assessed the damage resulting from their worst flood disaster in recent history.
1953The Batepá massacre occurred in São Tomé when the colonial administration and Portuguese landowners unleashed a wave of violence against the native creoles known as forros.[†]
The Batepá massacre occurred on 3 February 1953 in colonial São Tomé when hundreds of native creoles known as forros were massacred by the colonial administration and Portuguese landowners. Many forros believed the government intended to force them to work as contract laborers, to which they objected. In response, the governor blamed the unrest on communists and ordered the military to round up such individuals and for civilians to protect themselves. This quickly turned into a bloodbath, resulting in the deaths of hundreds of forros. No communist conspiracy was ever proven.
In 1953, the world population was approximately 2,634,106,235 people[†]