Eisenhower says defense must go forward on plateau of sustained effort without regard to possible crisis yr, press conf; says this has always been his view

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Allies Agree to Repatriate Additional Enemy Captives; Announcement Follows Korea Foe's Pledge to Return More Prisoners -- Reds Win Day's Delay in Truce Meeting U. N. TO SEND BACK MORE PRISONERS

By Lindesay Parrottspecial To the New York Times

5th exch completed; 40 Amers, 60 others freed; UN repts it will release more disabled POWs than originally scheduled; freed SK repts his fingers amputated as result of NK tortures; freed SK woman cook repts she was put on hunger diet for refusing to attend classes on communism; other SKs rept 22 killed by NK guards on rds to camps; rept hundreds died in captivity; rept 340 SKs were shot during 95-mi march; rept some SKs were forced to join labor bns, others impressed into NK Army; Eisenhower disturbed by reptd atrocities; says repts are being studied, press conf

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1953Eric Bogosian, American actor and writer^[†]

Eric Michael Bogosian is an American actor, playwright, monologuist, novelist, and historian. Descended from Armenian-American immigrants, he grew up in Watertown and Woburn, Massachusetts, and attended the University of Chicago and Oberlin College. His play Talk Radio, was a finalist for the 1987 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Bogosian also wrote and starred in the 1988 film adaptation, winning the Silver Bear.

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1953Winston Churchill is knighted by Queen Elizabeth II.^[†]

Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill was a British statesman, military officer, and writer who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945 and again from 1951 to 1955. For some 62 of the years between 1900 and 1964, he was a member of parliament (MP) and represented a total of five constituencies over that time. Ideologically an adherent to economic liberalism and imperialism, he was for most of his career a member of the Conservative Party, which he led from 1940 to 1955. He was a member of the Liberal Party from 1904 to 1924.

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In 1953, the world population was approximately 2,634,106,235 people^[†]

Headlines from April 24, 1953

Nixon Says U. S. Goal Is Protection Of Freedom at Home and Abroad; NIXON EMPHASIZES FREEDOM FOR ALL

President Again Links Peace In Korea to Wider Solution.; PRESIDENT REPEATS KOREA PEACE VIEWS

LIEUT. GOV. MOORE RESIGNS TO BECOME RESEARCH OFFICIAL; Leaves in September -- Heads New Rockefeller Foundation for Government Study SPECULATION IS STIRRED Action Seen as Hint Dewey Wants 4th Term to Improve Presidential Chances LIEUT. GOV. MOORE QUITS STATE POST

EISENHOWER ASSERTS ALLIES MUST PLAN ARMING FOR YEARS; Says Plateau of Sustained Effort Is Needed, Ignoring Possible Crisis Periods ATOMIC DEFENSE KEYNOTE ' Maginot Line' Stand Ruled Out by Gruenther During Recent Talks With Senate Group EISENHOWER SEES LONG-TERM ARMING

Allies Agree to Repatriate Additional Enemy Captives; Announcement Follows Korea Foe's Pledge to Return More Prisoners -- Reds Win Day's Delay in Truce Meeting U. N. TO SEND BACK MORE PRISONERS

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