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US Sup Ct, 4-3, rules that Wartime Suspension of Limitations Act superseding gen 3-yr statute of limitations applies only to offenses involving pecuniary or property fraud against US or its agencies, Bridges case
Chinese attack Finger Ridge and Christmas Hill; 25,000-man drive threatening to reach 38th Parallel stalled by record UN air attacks; location of new UN line kept secret; losses heavy, both sides; Rhee, Taylor and Min Shin Tai Yung visit front; SKs reptdly delayed reptg seriousness of breakthrough 'to save face'; Shin repts SKs doing well; SKs retake part of Anchor Hill; air support record set with 957 missions; Outpost Harry bunker illus; map
staff officers continue work; Peiping radio sees quick progress; centers for receiving POWs being readied
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Postmaster Gen Summerfield outlines rate rise proposal for almost all mails, conf with Pres Eisenhower and Repub leaders; 4¢ rate for lrs seen; no other details; Speaker Martin sees early Cong action with new rates effective Oct 1; says Cong franking privilege was not mentioned at conf
1953Valerie Mahaffey, American actress (died 2025)[†]
Valerie Mahaffey was an American actress. She began her career starring in the NBC daytime soap opera The Doctors (1979–81), for which in 1980 she was nominated for the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series.
1953Ian Mosley, English drummer[†]
Ian F. Mosley is an English drummer. He is best known for his long-time membership of the neo-prog band Marillion, which he joined for their second album, Fugazi, released in 1984. He had previously been an in-demand session drummer. Mosley's abilities have been widely praised, including by former Genesis guitarist Steve Hackett, Meshuggah drummer Tomas Haake and critic John Franck of AllMusic. Modern Drummer has characterised him as a "drumming great".
1953Margaret Bondfield, English politician, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (born 1873)[†]
Margaret Grace Bondfield was a British Labour Party politician, trade unionist and women's rights activist. She became the first female cabinet minister, and the first woman to be a privy counsellor in the UK, when she was appointed Minister of Labour in the Labour government of 1929–31. She had earlier become the first woman to chair the General Council of the Trades Union Congress (TUC).
In 1953, the world population was approximately 2,634,106,235 people[†]