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Peiping radio repts UN offered new plan; talks recessed; authoritative SK source repts new UM plan allows pol conf to decide fate of POWs, shifts issue to UN Assembly if conf fails to agree, withdraws proposal to release POWs in SK
US Sup Ct to rev suits charging organized baseball violates Sherman Anti-Trust Act; G E Toolson, W J Kowalski, J Corbett push cases
newspaper Yumiuri repts Mrs Roosevelt was mauled by alleged Communist women's group led by Mrs Fujikawa after refusing int; she attends conf with Japanese and US women; illus
Sup Ct refuses to hear appeal
Sen Knowland repts Pres Eisenhower and Repub leaders back US loan; Amer Farm Bur Fed asks use of US surpluses under MSA
1953Kay Hagan, American lawyer and politician (died 2019)[†]
Janet Kay Hagan was an American lawyer, banking executive, and politician who served as a United States senator from North Carolina from 2009 to 2015. A member of the Democratic Party, she previously served in the North Carolina Senate from 1999 to 2009. By defeating Republican Elizabeth Dole in the 2008 election, she became the first woman to defeat an incumbent woman in a U.S. Senate election. She ran for re-election in 2014 and lost to Republican Thom Tillis, Speaker of the North Carolina House of Representatives, in a close race. As of 2025, she is the last Democrat to represent North Carolina in the U.S Senate.
1953Don McAllister, English footballer and manager[†]
Donald McAllister is an English former professional footballer who played as a central defender for Bolton Wanderers, Tottenham Hotspur, Charlton Athletic, Tampa Bay Rowdies and Rochdale.
1953Michael Portillo, English journalist, politician and TV presenter[†]
Michael Denzil Xavier Portillo is a British journalist, broadcaster, and former Conservative Party politician. His broadcast series include railway documentaries such as Great British Railway Journeys and Great Continental Railway Journeys. A former member of the Conservative Party, he was Member of Parliament (MP) for Enfield Southgate from 1984 to 1997 and Kensington and Chelsea from 1999 to 2005, holding a number of ministerial and Cabinet positions.
In 1953, the world population was approximately 2,634,106,235 people[†]