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Sen F J Mahoney says Dewey is forcing rise on city
Sec Wilson favors training
10 members of C Matlock family killed as car crashes head-on with trailer-truck driven by J Scarantino, Route 69 near Washington; truck owner-rider L Butler explains crash
Voice reptdly not to continue in present form beyond June 30; fiscal '54 budget request withdrawn; decision may have been made before McCarthy probe began; orgn seen taken out of State Dept with Dept approval; W H Jackson group study of issue noted; Internatl Information Adm (IIA) ends contracts for bldg of disputed NC and Washington transmitters
gives up post as Communist party sec at own request; remains party Presidium head
1953Steve Furber, English computer scientist and academic[†]
Stephen Byram Furber is an English computer scientist, mathematician and hardware engineer, and Emeritus ICL Professor of Computer Engineering in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Manchester, UK. After completing his education at the University of Cambridge, he spent the 1980s at Acorn Computers, where he was a principal designer of the BBC Micro and the ARM 32-bit RISC microprocessor. As of 2023, over 250 billion ARM chips have been manufactured, powering much of the world's mobile computing and embedded systems, everything from sensors to smartphones to servers.
1953Paul Martin Lester, American photographer, author, and educator (died 2023)[†]
Paul Martin Lester was an American professor of communications, photojournalist, and author known for his contributions to the fields of visual communication and photojournalism ethics. He was Clinical Professor at the School of Arts, Technology, and Emerging Communication (ATEC) and a Professor Emeritus from California State University, Fullerton.
1953David Wisniewski, English-American author and illustrator (died 2002)[†]
David R. Wisniewski, was an American writer and illustrator best known for children's books.
1953Ed Voss, American basketball player (born 1922)[†]
Ed Voss was an American basketball player.
In 1953, the world population was approximately 2,634,106,235 people[†]