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35 Amers reach Calif; those able to walk to get 30-day furloughs; most decline ints; some describe NK camp conditions and their future plans; reunion of Pvt J Garcia with bro illus
Eisenhower to ask $5.8 billion
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Sen Lehman charges McCarthy sets precedent for probe of press
1953Merrill Osmond, American singer and bass player[†]
Merrill Davis Osmond is an American musician in semi-retirement. He is best known for being the lead vocalist and bassist of the family music group The Osmonds and The Osmond Brothers, as well as an occasional solo artist.
1953Jacob Linzbach, Estonian linguist and author (born 1874)[†]
Jakob Linzbach was an Estonian linguist.
In 1953, the world population was approximately 2,634,106,235 people[†]