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Ryan summoned to Hogan's office; reptd indicted by NY County grand jury for misuse of union funds; denies knowledge of indictment; Jan testimony before Crime Comm revd
M Illson on NYC munic and private hosp problems
hatrack outside office used only for his hat; illus
Magsaysay nominated for Pres by landslide vote; Sen Garcia nominated for vp; Nacionalistas will make alleged graft and corruption in Quirino Adm main issue; planks
Wagner, Halley and unions representing NYC employes urge NYC fight for special Legis session to revise Dewey program; to urge 'march on Albany'; Wagner assails Dewey s, TV; Halley issues statement urging opposition to Dewey
1953CIA director Allen Dulles launches the mind-control program Project MKUltra.[†]
The Central Intelligence Agency is a civilian foreign intelligence service of the federal government of the United States tasked with advancing national security through collecting and analyzing intelligence from around the world and conducting covert operations. The agency is headquartered in the George Bush Center for Intelligence in Langley, Virginia, and is sometimes metonymously called "Langley". A major member of the United States Intelligence Community (IC), the CIA has reported to the director of national intelligence since 2004, and is focused on providing intelligence for the president and the Cabinet, though it also provides intelligence for a variety of other entities including the US Military and foreign allies.
In 1953, the world population was approximately 2,634,106,235 people[†]