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W Heimlich, ex-head of W Berlin RIAS, now in Ger as Sen (Hickenlooper) subcom aide probing RIAS operations; R Nicholson, ex-dir of US Pub Affairs for Ger, says he ousted Heimlich from RIAS as incompetent in '49; Hickenlooper defends Heimlich
2d Div, in heaviest fighting in recent wks, beats off attack, Little Gibraltar; inflicts 315 losses; enemy seen attempting break through, W front; probes repulsed, Bunker Hill; 13 B-26s hit front
USSR MIG attacks USAF RB-50 on weather reconnaissance 25 mi E of Siberian Peninsula of Kamchatka; bomber returns fire; neither hit; US State Dept silent; Sen Flanders to ask Sen com probe of bomber's closeness to Kamchatka; Sen Magnuson comments; map
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LI Transit Authority lr to PSC asks action to compel trustee Wyer to rehabilitate co now; members G E Roosevelt and T S Voorhees charge Wyer failed to cooperate with Authority and planned to pay back taxes with proceeds from sale of Rockaway Div; Wyer reply says law requires use for tax purposes; challenged by Authority counsel Golub; Wyer says Authority action would cause further delays; ICC sets hearing on PRR proposal for fare rise
1953Franz Wright, Austrian-American poet and translator (died 2015)[â ]
Franz Wright was an American poet. He and his father James Wright are the only parent/child pair to have won the Pulitzer Prize in the same category.
1953Takashi Yoshimatsu, Japanese composer[â ]
Takashi Yoshimatsu is a Japanese classical music composer. He is well known for composing the score for the 2003 remake of Astro Boy.
1953An earthquake hits western Turkey, killing at least 1,070 people.[â ]
The 1953 YeniceâGönen earthquake occurred at 21:06 local time (19:06 UTC on 18 March in the province of Ăanakkale and Balıkesir in the Marmara Region at western Turkey. It had a surface-wave magnitude of 7.5 and a maximum felt intensity of IX on the Mercalli intensity scale. It caused widespread damage, killing 1,070 and causing damage that was estimated at US$3,570,000 repair value.
In 1953, the world population was approximately 2,634,106,235 people[â ]