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Straining to meet the insatiable demand for electric power in all sections of the country, the nation's private electric light industry in the last twelve months has invested more than $2,500,000,000 in new plant and related facilities.
Warren Neuberger held St. John's University, winner of the Metropolitan Baseball Conference title last year, in check as his City College team-mates went on to win by 9 -- 1 yesterday at Dexter Park, Woodhaven, Queens. It was the opening league test for both teams.
THE quality and variety of movies available in first-run theatres at Eastertime may be no more reliable indication of the over-all state of the screen than the weather on Easter Sunday may be a sample of the kind we'll have all spring.
PHILADELPHIA, April 4 -- Felix Bocchicchio, manager of former heavyweight champion Jersey Joe Walcott, said today he didn't believe Walcott's postponed title fight with the champion, Rocky Marciano, would be held in Chicago on May 15 as now scheduled.
THERE is a theory among producers on Broadway that the issuance of "twofers" -- coupons enabling the holder to purchase two tickets for the price of one --is undignified and tends to cheapen a show. However, as it is said, pride goeth before the fall, and several of our local entrepreneurs are discovering that "twofers" have stopped their fall.
1953Frank Gaffney, American journalist and radio host[โ ]
Frank J. Gaffney Jr. is an American defense policy analyst and founder of the Center for Security Policy (CSP). He founded the CSP in 1988, serving as its president until 2023, and thereafter as executive chairman. In the 1970s and 1980s, he worked for the federal government in multiple posts, including as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Nuclear Forces and Arms Control Policy from 1983 to 1987, and seven months as Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs during the Reagan administration. He was awarded the Department of Defense Medal for Distinguished Public Service in 1987. In later years, he has been described as an anti-Muslim conspiracy theorist.
1953Keiko Han, Japanese actress[โ ]
Keiko Han is a Japanese actress and voice actress. She sang the theme songs in productions, such as Story of the Alps: My Annette and The Swiss Family Robinson: Flone of the Mysterious Island. She is also a fortune teller of western horoscopes. She wrote books on the subject, and is employed by talent agency Never Land Arts. She was a former member of Aoni Production and 81 Produce.
1953Tae Jin-ah, South Korean singer[โ ]
Jo Bang-heon, better known by his stage name, Tae Jin-ah (ํ์ง์), is a South Korean trot singer and entertainer. He debuted in 1973 with the song, "My Heart Express Train," and rose to fame soon after with the song, "Memory of a Blue Hill." Since 2002, he has hosted a radio program on KBS Radio 2 called the Tae Jin Ah Show Show Show. He often appears on the KBS 1TV 'Golden Oldies(Korean: ๊ฐ์๋ฌด๋)'.
1953Raleb Majadele, Israeli politician[โ ]
Raleb Majadele is an Israeli Arab politician. He served as a member of the Knesset for the Labor Party in three spells between 2004 and 2015, and became the country's first Muslim minister when appointed Minister without Portfolio on 28 January 2007. Between March 2007 - March 2009 he served as Minister of Science, Culture and Sport, the first Muslim minister in Israeli history.
1953Ian Swales, English accountant and politician[โ ]
Ian Cameron Swales is a British Liberal Democrat politician. He was the Member of Parliament for the constituency of Redcar in England. He is the only person ever to gain a North East Region Commons seat for the Liberal Democrats. Swales took Redcar from Labour incumbent Vera Baird for the Liberal Democrats at the 2010 general election, with a 21.8% swing adding over 11,000 votes to his 2005 general election total. This was the biggest swing against any Labour candidate in the election and was also the biggest majority overcome by any Liberal Democrat, until the 2022 Tiverton and Honiton by-election. He stood down at the 2015 general election.
In 1953, the world population was approximately 2,634,106,235 people[โ ]