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Dulles and Stassen conf with Sharett; Egyptian preoccupation with Suez Canal Zone dispute seen hindering peace moves
Amb Bohlen asks USSR allow Russian wives of US citizens join husbands abroad, conf with Min Molotov; US UN reprs reptd, '49, 350 barred from joining husbands; earlier UN repts and action noted
Egypt charges Brit forces killed 8 Egyptians and wounded 17 in 43 acts of aggression since Apr 3; Nassar denies Egyptian Army role; scores timing of Lloyd's rept; holds incidents inevitable; Naguib seen wishing to avoid inflaming pub opinion; Dulles reptdly warned Egypt against open break with GB now
3 Asst Corp Counsels and 2 Hawkins assocs attend conf; city and Authority may seek conditional pact on transfer
Stochman leads munic and religious leaders tour of Bklyn slums; charges inadequate law enforcement; he and Comr Gillroy clash on conditions; Gillroy pledges action; Silver wants periodic inspections; Stichman agrees; repts confs with banks on providing funds for rehabilitation; G C Barrett backs, plan; Chief Magistrate Murtagh and Gillroy note need for more inspectors; illus
1953Tom Cochrane, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist[†]
Thomas William Cochrane is a Canadian singer-songwriter and musician best known as the frontman of rock band Red Rider and for his work as a solo singer-songwriter. Cochrane has won eight Juno Awards. He is a member of the Canadian Music Hall of Fame, an officer of the Order of Canada, and has an honorary doctorate from Brandon University. In September 2009, he was inducted onto Canada's Walk of Fame.
1953Yasuo Kuniyoshi, American painter and photographer (born 1893)[†]
Yasuo Kuniyoshi was a Japanese-American painter, photographer and printmaker.
1953Approximately 7,100 brewery workers in Milwaukee perform a walkout, marking the start of the 1953 Milwaukee brewery strike.[†]
Milwaukee is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. Located on the western shore of Lake Michigan, it is the 31st-most populous city in the United States and the fifth-most populous city in the Midwest with a population of 577,222 at the 2020 census. The Milwaukee metropolitan area, with over 1.57 million residents, is the 40th-largest metropolitan area in the nation. It is the county seat of Milwaukee County.
In 1953, the world population was approximately 2,634,106,235 people[†]