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February 4, 1953

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FLOODS' TOLL RISES AS RESCUERS RACE NETHERLAND PERILS; Three Nations' Dead Pass 1,600 -- New Breaches in Dikes Add to Menace for Dutch MERCY ARMIES RUSH AID 150 Planes, 2,000 Boats Press Efforts to Succor 50,000 Marooned by Seas' Fury Search and Rescue Still Going On in the Wake of Disastrous European Storm and Flood FLOOD TOLL RISES; RESCUES SPEEDED

By Daniel L. Schorrspecial To the New York Times

150 planes, 2,000 ships, some 35 helicopters speed evacuations, Zeeland and S Holland Islands; illus; many families refusing evacuation pose problem; Premier Drees repts to emergency session of Parliament on Govt relief operations; Communist newspaper protests arrival of US and Brit mil relief units; Eddy repts US mil forces using 4,000 men for rescue work; Brig Gen Hendrix commands US mil relief mission, The Hague; Brit operations noted; casualty repts, Netherlands, Belgium, Eng; dikes, Brommel, break

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Bus Service Cut Suggested; Kheel Returns as Chairman; Survey Group Urges Study on Dropping Some Lines and Improving Others SURVEY SUGGESTED ON BUS SERVICE CUT

By Stanley Levey

Mgt Survey Com proposes Estimate Bd get ind agency's proposals on abandoning some bus lines and revamping others before deciding on fiscal aid to private cos; Joseph says move would mean transfer of employes, not job loss; move may hamper settlement of recent dispute; Kheel accepts reapptmt as impartial chmn of private transit indus; assured of broader powers to bar contract violations; his role in negotiating arbitration accord linked

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Landlords, Tenants Clash Noisily At Albany Rent Control Hearing; Opponents at Rent Control Rearing Landlords, Tenants Clash Noisily At Albany Rent Control Hearing

By Leo Eganspecial To the New York Times

tenants and landlords clash, pub hearing; Dem leaders Mahoney and Bannigan assert Dems will hold stand; Stephens and Prof Backman comment; Council Pres Halley, Impellitteri, Repr Javits, Liberal party, AFL, CIO, others opposes changes; Met Fair Rent Com proposes 5 major changes

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Historical Context for February 4, 1953

In 1953, the world population was approximately 2,634,106,235 people[โ€ ]