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3 men, 1 woman seized as spies; Pravda charges T A Sas was trained by US spy service; calls S D Gurevich veteran Trotskyite
SSs Ile de France and Constitution dock without tugs; Cavanagh says piers will not be closed; comments on docking; Constitution illus
sues to foreclose $486,722 in property to satisfy tax Hens; enjoins him and wife from disposing of property pending suit's disposition; Costello assets listed
Govt seen decontrolling meals in pub eating places and boarding houses; officials seek speedy end of many food ceilings
flood eases, Netherlands; dikes rebldg started; deaths officially put at 1,352; Schouwen-Duiveland residents return barred until dikes are rebuilt; Govt repts Dutch econ potential unaffected by flood; Bernhard repts natl disaster fund collected about $3 million; Gen Ridgway visits Netherlands; cancels press conf at Defense Min request; some resentment among Dutch over US mil rescue work seen; Juliana thanks Eisenhower for aid
In 1953, the world population was approximately 2,634,106,235 people[†]