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CBS pres Stanton says network has no plans now for broadcasting programs or mfg sets under its system; end to 10-yr controversy seen as network drops its 'tech monopoly'; Stanton undecided on compatible system; cites pub concern over incompatibility as no programs could be recd on sets now in use; illus
Twitchell, Wm C
McCarthy refuses to accept Dulles word that panel of H Gibson, J C Grew and N Armour had endorsed Bohlen; challenges Knowland after latter reads to Sen from lr on various apptmts signed by panel; Knowland scores McCarthy; McCarthy says Bridges repts that Gibson atty denied that Gibson endorsed Bohlen; Sen Lehman scores McCarthy s and his attack on A Harriman; Taft, Sparkman rept on FBI data; hold Bohlen good security risk; Taft reads McLeod lr stating that Dulles saw all data that McLeod saw; McCarthy urges Bohlen rejection as member of 'Hiss-Acheson' gang; cites I Bogolepov affidavit alleging that Bohlen was considered friendly by USSR while he was with Moscow embassy, '39-41; says Repub '52 election victory meant that Amer people demand ouster of Acheson 'lts'; suggests that McLeod caused removal from Dept of B Buttenwieser, Mrs E C Carter and C Thayer; latter is Bohlen bro-in-law; State Dept says Buttenwieser and M Carter, now Mrs M R T Morgan, ex-daughter-in-law of E C Carter, service as consultant was ended for econ reasons and Thayer resigned on own accord; McCarran again charges Dulles overrode McLeod and misrepresented facts to com; Knowland defends Dulles; Sen Hickenlooper says he will switch his com vote and oppose Bohlen; Bridges again attacks Bohlen; vote delayed
ship load of arty shells reptdly diverted to another part of world as Korea supplies exceed storage space; other ships with similar cargoes reptdly diverted earlier in Mar with request from Far East Command to cut down shipments; MSTS officials silent
NYC Schools Supt Jansen denies Cong probes violate it
1953Lincoln Chafee, American academic and politician, 74th Governor of Rhode Island[†]
Lincoln Davenport Chafee is an American politician who served as the 74th Governor of Rhode Island from 2011 to 2015. He previously served as United States Senator from 1999 to 2007, and as mayor of Warwick, Rhode Island from 1993 to 1999. A member of the Libertarian Party since 2019, he previously was a Republican until 2007, an independent from 2007 to 2013, and a Democrat from 2013 to 2019. He is the last non-Democrat to hold statewide and/or Congressional office in Rhode Island.
1953Elaine Chao, Taiwanese-American banker and politician, 24th United States Secretary of Labor[†]
Elaine Lan Chao is an American businesswoman and former government official who served as United States secretary of labor in the administration of George W. Bush from 2001 to 2009 and as United States secretary of transportation in the first administration of Donald Trump from 2017 to 2021. A member of the Republican Party, Chao was the first Asian American woman to serve in a presidential cabinet. She resigned as transportation secretary after the January 6 United States Capitol attack.
1953Tatyana Providokhina, Russian runner[†]
Tatyana Petrovna Providokhina is a former Soviet athlete, who mainly competed in the 800 metres.
In 1953, the world population was approximately 2,634,106,235 people[†]