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June 3, 1953

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ABBEY RITE MARKED BY MEDIEVAL POMP; Religious Ceremony Witnessed by Country's Elite Garbed in Cloaks of Many Hues

By C. L. Sulzberger

Crowned; illus; radio s

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President Sets Up Loyalty Board To Check on U.S. Citizens in U.N.; LOYALTY CHECK SET ON U.S. AIDES IN U.N.

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Creating Internatl Orgns Employes Loyalty Bd

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Big Rise in Tax Is Due On Peak Realty Rolls; CITY ASSESSMENTS AND RATES AT PEAK

By Lee E. Cooper

total final assessed valuations at record $19,814,318,222. '53-54, Tax Comm rept to Impellitteri; breakdown, by boros; record tax rate seen; yield estimated; new exemptions top $44 million

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ELIZABETH II CROWNED IN ABBEY; MILLIONS CHEER PARADE IN RAIN; RULER BIDS SUBJECTS LOOK AHEAD; OLD RITE, NEW HOPE

By Raymond Daniell

Queen Elizabeth II crowned as head of Commonwealth; in radio s to members cites symbolic ties

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TRUCE AIR UNCLEAR DESPITE RHEE SHIFT; South Korean Chief Eases Stand on U. N. Plan -- Foe Yields Hill in Drive

By Robert Alden

SK stand unclear; Govt refuses to clarify Rhee statement on cooperation with US at any cost; Acting Premier Pyon Yung Tai says SK has not abandoned original stand; UN truce plan of May 12 was reptdly withdrawn on protest by Choi Duk Shin

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Historical Context for June 3, 1953

In 1953, the world population was approximately 2,634,106,235 people^[†]