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Int, Washington; repts he will become Bulova Research and Development Labs bd chmn; por
Rhee reptd reluctant to accept compromise; speculation on Communist stand; on Taylor conf with corps comdrs
Authority to buy 220 more cars, '54, at $20,200,000 for Bklyn and Queens lines when improvements have been completed; 20 to be bought from SI Rapid Transit for $10,000 each; other 200 to cost about $100,000 each, will be similar to new cars added to IND lines since '47
Speaker Martin willing to allow Cong probe of incident; Repr Holifield proposes AEC reprs rept on case to Joint Cong (Cole) Com on Atomic Energy; Condon pledges full statement on his position, int; illus; denies he is Communist sympathizer; Dem Reprs reptdly trying to learn who started security check; Repubs hope for pol gain from issue
Western Big-3 foreign mins may discuss further steps to win truce; Brit Labor MPs question Govt on delays caused by Rhee; Govt repr says further steps could be taken if US fails to change Rhee stand; says UN Assembly may reconvene
1953Ernesto "Che" Guevara sets out on a trip through Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, and El Salvador.[†]
Ernesto "Che" Guevara was an Argentine Marxist revolutionary, physician, author, guerrilla leader, diplomat, politician and military theorist. A major figure of the Cuban Revolution, his stylized visage has become a countercultural symbol of rebellion and global insignia in popular culture.
In 1953, the world population was approximately 2,634,106,235 people[†]