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J Kenyatta sentenced for orgn of and membership in Mau Mau; 5 others sentenced as aides; atty D N Pritt to appeal; Brit-led forces slay 21 tribesmen; last of 1,500 reinforcements from GB arrive, Nairobi
ex-Sec Lovett lays ammunition shortage to Army Dept, subcom; says he took output control away from Army; backed by Asst Sec McNeil; Byrd angered by Lovett and McNeil refusal to divulge names; gets com approval for move asking Sec Wilson to supply names of all those dealing with ammunition contracts; Lovett and McNeil link shortages to inadequate output, not to funds shortage; dispute Van Fleet testimony; note shortages other than ammunition; McNeil describes complex procedure in contracts
maj cos in 11 Western states revise private car rates to cut cost by 25% to adults doing ltd amt of pleasure driving and by 20% to parents with 'part-time' drivers under 25 yrs of age; youthful drivers without parental control will pay 30% above existing high tariffs; schedules detailed; Allstate Ins to give discounts to parents of young drivers who have completed hs training course successfully; revised rates to be filed in NYS; other data on rates
Communists offer to return 100 POWs daily, fail to alter total of 600 to be exchd; accept UN offer to deliver 500 daily; Daniel sees early accord; staff groups meet; Peiping radio charges UN mistreats POWs; says UN can return more than 5,800
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1953John Howard, English singer-songwriter and pianist[†]
John Howard is an English singer-songwriter, pianist and recording artist and published author. With his February 1975 debut album Kid in a Big World, Howard emerged as a late voice of the glam-pop wave of the early 1970s. Across a musical career that has included two main periods of recording activity – 1974-84 and 2004–present – Howard has released 21 studio albums and 12 studio EPs. In March 2018, he became a published author, his first autobiography, Incidents Crowded With Life, covering his childhood up to 1976, was published by Fisher King Publishing. In August 2020, the second volume of his autobiography, Illusions of Happiness, covering the years 1976 - 1986, was published by Fisher King Publishing. In February 2022, the third volume of his autobiography, In The Eyeline of Furtherance, covering 1986 to 2001, was published by Fisher King Publishing. In September 2023, Howard's first novel, Across My Dreams With Nets of Wonder, was published by Fisher King Publishing.
1953Hal Ketchum, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2020)[†]
Hal Michael Ketchum was an American country music singer and songwriter. He released eleven studio albums from 1986 to 2014, including nine for divisions of Curb Records. Ketchum's 1991 album Past the Point of Rescue was his most commercially successful, having been certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America. Between 1991 and 2006, Ketchum had 17 entries on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, including three that reached the number two position: "Small Town Saturday Night", "Past the Point of Rescue", and "Hearts Are Gonna Roll". Ketchum's music is defined by his songwriting and folk music influences. Ketchum retired from the music business in 2019 following a diagnosis of dementia.
1953Stephen Paddock, American mass murderer responsible for the 2017 Las Vegas shooting (died 2017)[†]
Stephen Craig Paddock was an American mass murderer who perpetrated the 2017 Las Vegas shooting. Paddock opened fire into a crowd of about 22,000 concertgoers attending a country music festival on the Las Vegas Strip, killing 60 people and injuring approximately 867. Paddock killed himself in his hotel room following the shooting. The incident is the deadliest mass shooting by a lone shooter in United States history. Paddock's motive remains officially undetermined, and the possible factors are the subject of speculation.
1953Eddie Cochems, American football player and coach (born 1877)[†]
Edward Bulwer Cochems was an American football player and coach. He played football for the University of Wisconsin from 1898 to 1901 and was the head football coach at North Dakota Agricultural College—now known as North Dakota State University (1902–1903), Clemson University (1905), Saint Louis University (1906–1908), and the University of Maine (1914). During his three years at Saint Louis, he was the first football coach to build an offense around the forward pass, which became a legal play in the 1906 college football season. Using the forward pass, Cochems' 1906 team compiled an undefeated 11–0 record, led the nation in scoring, and outscored opponents by a combined score of 407 to 11. He is considered by some to be the "father of the forward pass" in American football.
1953C. E. M. Joad, English philosopher and television host (born 1891)[†]
Cyril Edwin Mitchinson Joad was an English philosopher, author, teacher and broadcasting personality. He appeared on The Brains Trust, a BBC Radio wartime discussion programme. He popularised philosophy and became a celebrity, before his downfall in a scandal over an unpaid train fare in 1948.
1953Hans Reichenbach, German philosopher from the Vienna Circle (born 1891)[†]
Hans Reichenbach was a leading philosopher of science, educator, and proponent of logical empiricism. He was influential in the areas of science, education, and of logical empiricism. He founded the Gesellschaft für empirische Philosophie in Berlin in 1928, also known as the "Berlin Circle". Carl Gustav Hempel, Richard von Mises, David Hilbert and Kurt Grelling all became members of the Berlin Circle.
In 1953, the world population was approximately 2,634,106,235 people[†]