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House com repts out ind Offices Bill calling for disposal of $1 billion of loans held by FNMA
conf session; Pres Eisenhower pledges US aid, lr to Dir Gibson
Eisenhower-Acheson proposals compared; Pres aide says materials ceiling idea was Eisenhower's
MOSCOW, Saturday, April 18 -- The Soviet Union has decided to accentuate the positive and in general terms ignore the negative, so far as President Eisenhower's speech is concerned, comment in the Moscow newspapers appeared to indicate.
US reveals it is not ready to adopt trade, not aid, policy and that curbs will not be eased now, US-OEEC communique
1953Rick Moranis, Canadian-American actor, comedian, singer and screenwriter[†]
Frederick Allan Moranis is a Canadian actor, comedian, musician, producer, songwriter and writer.
1953Sk. Mujibur Rahman, Bengali politician[†]
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman is an Indian politician belonging to the Communist Party of India (Marxist). He was the MLA of Moyna Assembly constituency in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly.
In 1953, the world population was approximately 2,634,106,235 people[†]