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county prosecutors and assts conf with Parsons on plans for state-wide anti-gambling drive; 900 copies of Sup Ct Winne decision holding prosecutors responsible for law enforcement to be sent to local officials; Mercer County Prosecutor M Volpe comment
liaison session; staff groups meet on tech details; Communists rept 120 Amers, 20 Britons and 15 of other Western powers among 600 to be exchd
Atty Gen Brownell says US will file civil suit against major Amer and foreign oil cos before Apr 28 charging violation of anti-trust laws through cartel; says Pres Eisenhower, Gen Bradley and Cabinet members were consulted; defendant cos not named; position on present grand jury probe to be presented Apr 28; criminal action seen dropped with eventual consent judgment reached; Brownell says US screening com will rev all documents with final decision on presentation as evidence up to Eisenhower; comment by Socony-Vacuum and Standard Oil (NJ)
Prime Min Nazimuddin sees famine imminent
ex-Sec Pace testifies World War II surplus ammunition was used exclusively in 1st 2 yrs of fighting; repts new output beginning to replenish natl reserve in 5 critical categories; says he believed war would be over by end of '50; cites Wake Is Conf; says he told ex-Asst Sec Alexander to speed contracts after Chinese intervened; says Lovett and Joint Cs/S, by Jan '52, granted priorities needed for large-scale mfr of critical items; disputes Lovett testimony that Defense Dept shifted procurement from Army Dept; Alexander testifies he visited Korea, July '51, and that Van Fleet, Almond and their supply officers reptd shortages only in helicopters, tanks, vehicles, smoke and illuminating shells; comments on contract procedures; links delays to rules enacted by Cong; Sen Symington comments on Lovett testimony
1953David Moorcroft, English runner and businessman[†]
David Robert Moorcroft is a former middle-distance and long-distance runner from England, and former world record holder for 5,000 metres. His athletic career spanned the late-1970s and 1980s. He subsequently served as the Chief Executive of UK Athletics from 1997 to 2007. He was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in 1983 and promoted to an Officer (OBE) in 1999, in both cases for services to athletics. In March 2023, he was appointed a Deputy lieutenant of the West Midlands.
1953Pamela Wallin, Swedish-Canadian journalist, academic, and politician[†]
Pamela Wallin is a Canadian politician, former television journalist, and diplomat who served as a senator. She was appointed to the senate on January 2, 2009, where she initially sat as a Conservative.
In 1953, the world population was approximately 2,634,106,235 people[†]