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Sperry Corp repts on 2 drone QF-80 jet planes carrying monkeys and mice through atomic cloud, Nev
special Legis session on Legis reapportioning may be called; bill near completion
1,250,000 workers to get 3¢-an-hr pay cut as BLS old-style index drops
TOKYO, Tuesday, April 7 -- United Nations representatives at Panmunjom, Korea, accepted today a Communist proposal to free all sick and wounded prisoners of the Korean war, including less seriously injured, who would be transferred to the custody of neutral nations.
Mossadegh demands Majlis reduce Shah to const monarch, charging ct plot against his life, radio s; charges Princess Ashruf, Queen Mother and Prince Hamid Riza involved; says riot leaders were retired army men backing Shah; says he will not betray Shah or accept Pres if repub is estab; group demonstrates for Shah, Teheran; Shah and Queen Soraya return to Teheran
1953Santa Barraza, American mixed media artist[†]
Santa Barraza is an American mixed-media artist and painter who is well known for her colorful, retablo style painting. A Chicana, Barraza pulls inspiration from her own mestiza ancestry and from pre-Columbian art. Barraza is considered to be an important artist in the Chicano art movement. The first scholarly treatment of a Chicana artist is about her and is called Santa Barraza, Artist of the Borderlands, which describes her life and body of work. Barraza's work is collected by the Mexic-Arte Museum, and other museums around the United States and internationally. She currently lives in Kingsville, Texas.
1953Douglas Kell, English biochemist and academic[†]
Douglas Bruce Kell is a British biochemist and Professor of Systems Biology in the Department of Biochemistry, Cell and Systems Biology, University of Liverpool part of the Institute of Systems, Molecular and Integrative Biology at the University of Liverpool. He was previously at the School of Chemistry at the University of Manchester, based in the Manchester Institute of Biotechnology (MIB) where he founded and led the Manchester Centre for Integrative Systems Biology (MCISB). He served as chief executive officer (CEO) of the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) from 2008 to 2013.
In 1953, the world population was approximately 2,634,106,235 people[†]