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LONDON, April 30 -- Representatives of British West Indian colonies formally announced today that they had agreed upon the formation of a British Caribbean Federation which is intended to become eventually a new self-governing unit in the British Commonwealth.
rebels within 15 mi of Luang Prabang; women and children aid in bldg defenses; US evacuates 2 Amer missionaries; French weigh appeal to UN; map
Private Juan Osorio-Melendez, 22-year-old Puerto Rican veteran wounded in Korea and recently released after nine months in a Communist prisoner-of-war camp, got his first look at New York yesterday and, using his newly acquired English, flinched and said, "I want to go home and be alone with my family."
Dems score Kenny, Repubs hail Dickerson for roles in '49 'deal,' party convs
1953Everett Shinn, American painter and illustrator (born 1876)[†]
Everett Shinn was an American painter and member of the urban realist Ashcan School.
In 1953, the world population was approximately 2,634,106,235 people[†]