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April 14, 1953

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Headlines from April 14, 1953

IRAN TENSE ON EVE OF SHOWDOWN VOTE ON SHAH'S POWERS; Reds Call for Demonstration Outside Parliament Today -- Stores Will Be Closed

By Kennett Love

Teheran tense; Tudeh plans mass demonstration against Shah; distributes handbills assailing US and GB; 1 group arrested; press repts US mil mission car stoned; mil gov warns against disorders; Tudeh demonstration reptd, Khuzistan; pro-Mossadegh Deputies repr asks pub to stop demonstrations; merchants guilds back Mossadegh

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RACKET AIDE HOLDS SAMPSON GOT $1,100; Gleason Trial Witness Says He Put Shakedown Money in Drawer at City Hall

By Milton Bracker

Power testifies that he put $1,100 in extorted funds in Sampson desk drawer, that Sampson thanked him, that he lied about Hogan and Comr Monaghan link with racket, that he aided Impellitteri mayoral campaign, that Gleason said racket would continue after Impellitteri election, that Gleason told him extorted funds would go to Sampson after election, that Sampson told Smith and Keohane that Power was 'his man,' that Keohane and Smith gave him extorted funds, that he gave $12,000 in accumulated funds to Gleason

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Historical Context for April 14, 1953

In 1953, the world population was approximately 2,634,106,235 people[โ€ ]