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February 15, 1953

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DC-6 DOWN IN GULF OF MEXICO WITH 46 ABOARD; SOS HEARD; SHIPS, PLANES SEEK LIFERAFTS; AIRLINER IN STORM Search Craft Are Alerted After Feeble Distress Calls Are Received FLIGHT STARTED IN MIAMI Destination Was New Orleans -- Many Were Believed En Route to Mardi Gras

By the United Press

NEW ORLEANS, Sunday, Feb. 15 -- Coast Guard headquarters here said SOS messages were heard from "somewhere in the Gulf of Mexico area" early today and that they were believed to have been sent by someone aboard a National Airlines DC-6 missing since last night with forty-six persons aboard.

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THE FINANCIAL WEEK; Stock Market Affected by Uncertainty on Taxes -- Commodity Decline Aggravates Situation

By John G. Forrest

Uncertainty regarding Congressional legislation, particularly as it affects taxes, and a further decline in commodity and security prices had a depressing effect on sentiment in financial markets last week. Stock prices were firmer at the week-end, while commodity futures underwent the widest decline in more than a year before staging a modest rally.

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REFUNDING SUCCESS PLEASES TREASURY; Eisenhower Regime Has Its First Experience With U.S. Debt Management CASH REDEMPTIONS LOW Major Objective of Inducing Conversion Into More Bonds Is Achieved NEW FINANCING PLEASES TREASURY

By Paul Heffernan

The Eisenhower Administration now has behind it its first experience with managing Uncle Sam's war-swollen public debt. An issue of $8,868,000,000 of one-year certificates of indebtedness due today has just been converted into two issues of debt -- $8,114,092,000 of new one-year certificates and $620,228,000 of bonds not due until Dec. 15, 1958.

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EUROPE CAUTIONED ON POOLING PLANS; U.S. Council of World Chamber Warns Continent Against More 'Schuman-Type' Pacts CITES DANGER OF DISUNITY Contends Projects Increase Problems of Integration, Curb Private Enterprise EUROPE CAUTIONED ON POOLING PLANS

By Brendan M. Jones

Western Europe now appears in danger of developing too many "Schuman Plans."

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STEVENSON WARNS OF PITFALLS FACING REPUBLICAN REGIME; At Democratic Dinner Here He Questions Business Rule and Ultimatums to Allies DEFINES OPPOSITION ROLE Calls on Party to Resist Any Wrong and Work for Good of Nation and Its Friends STEVENSON WARNS OF G. O. P. PITFALLS

By James A. Hagerty

Stevenson s on results, Jefferson-Jackson Day dinner, NYC

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Notable Births

1953Ernie Howe, English footballer and manager^[†]

Ernie Howe is an English football manager and former player who is no longer managing a team after he mutually parted company with Sutton United on 30 March 2008, having failed to pull them out of the Conference South relegation zone. He was Basingstoke Town's manager for 13 years until 2006, winning the Hampshire Senior Cup and promotion during his tenure.

1953Lynn Whitfield, American actress and producer^[†]

Lynn Whitfield is an American actress. She began her acting career in television and theatre before progressing to supporting roles in film. She won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie and received a Golden Globe Award nomination for her breakout performance as Josephine Baker in the HBO biographical film The Josephine Baker Story (1991).

Historical Context for February 15, 1953

In 1953, the world population was approximately 2,634,106,235 people^[†]