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Eisenhower says peace must be fair to Korean people and to former enemies currently seeking pol asylum in free world, s, NYC Repub dinner
rebels continue withdrawal; strafed by French planes, Samneua; map
Plans to retire as USAF C/S; lauded by Sec Talbott
1953Alex Van Halen, Dutch-American drummer[†]
Alexander Arthur Van Halen is an American retired musician who was the drummer and a co-founder of the rock band Van Halen, which was formed in 1972 by Van Halen and his younger brother Eddie under the name "Mammoth" before adding Michael Anthony and David Lee Roth in 1974 and changing their name to Van Halen.
In 1953, the world population was approximately 2,634,106,235 people[†]