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B R Daniman seized; Immigration Service aide Shaughnessy calls him Young Communist Internatl repr to all Young Communist Leagues of Western Hemisphere
Pres Peron s, Argentina
Taft backs exempting bldg trades and pub utilities in intrastate commerce; CIO atty Goldberg scores Smith bill, lr to Smith; Taft repts Cong coms plan joint drafting of amendments; says Durkin need not testify; Smith says Sen com would welcome Durkin if he wants to testify; Natl Assn of Attys Gen urges Cong reaffirm authority of states to enforce labor laws; stresses urgency in pub utility disputes; F L Larkin testifies; C B Boulet and G C Neff file statements on utilities, House com
rises effected for 800,000 tenants; rent offices and real estate bds rept peak inquiries; R Fougner comment
Pakistan willing to serve; reptd acceptable to US; India seen seeking to avoid role; Sen Knowland says India would be under pressure from Communist China
1953Valery Gergiev, Russian conductor and director[†]
Valery Abisalovich Gergiev is a Russian conductor and opera company director. He is currently general director and artistic director of the Mariinsky Theatre and of the Bolshoi Theatre and artistic director of the White Nights Festival in St. Petersburg. He was formerly chief conductor of the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra and of the Munich Philharmonic.
1953Jamaal Wilkes, American basketball player[†]
Jamaal Abdul-Lateef, better known as Jamaal Wilkes, is an American former basketball player who was a small forward in the National Basketball Association (NBA). A three-time NBA All-Star, he won four NBA championships with the Golden State Warriors and Los Angeles Lakers. Nicknamed "Silk", he was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.
1953Wallace Bryant, American archer (born 1863)[†]
Wallace Bryant was an American archer who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics. He won the bronze medal in the team competition. In the Double York round he finished fourth and in the Double American round he finished eighth. Bryant was also a famous portrait artist.
In 1953, the world population was approximately 2,634,106,235 people[†]