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NYS Sup Ct bars enforcement of Fed law on tenants loyalty oath as contrary to Fed and state Consts, Mrs R Peters case; Housing Authority repts 90% of tenants have signed; Justice Martuscello analyzes Cong action; notes US Sup Ct questions const of Atty Gen's list of alleged subversive orgns
Johnson clarifies State Dept policy on Overseas Book and Library Program, statement approved by Dulles; condemns book burning as 'wicked symbolic act'; revs major aims of program; notes that special purpose is key to its operation; says content and usefulness of particular books in particular areas are keys to their acceptability; says books by Communists may be used if they affirmatively serve ends of democracy but US is not obliged to use books advocating its destruction; accepts 'controversial' but not 'conspiratorial' books; denies program is 'soft spot for subversives'; admits some errors but notes extent of services offered; urges care against excluding books critical of US; urges responsible com advise on selections; statement modifies Dulles June 25 lr to Sens Hennings and Jackson on use of books by Communist authors; June 22 testimony before House Appropriations Com shows 39 copies of 25 book titles by 8 'presumed Communists' were removed from libraries abroad; authors listed; books were gifts to or inherited by State Dept, not bought; Johnson conceded then that 11 books were burned at Sidney and Singapore
Eisenhower says Amers understand Rhee aims, urges patience in clearing up misunderstandings; pledges to work for Korea unification by peaceful means
E Berlin Govt to lift them
Robertson conf with Rhee; Clark joins talks; silent; denies he recd new instructions; SK stand seen unaffected by moves to resume Panmunjom talks; Maj Gen Choi Duk Shin sees US and UN prestige loss if truce is signed; says Rhee shares view; Communists hint they would welcome overthrow of Rhee by UN; speculation on effects of move
1953Margie Gillis, Canadian dancer and choreographer[†]
Margie Gillis is a Canadian dancer and choreographer. Gillis has been creating original works of modern dance for over thirty-five years. Her repertoire includes more than one hundred pieces, which she performs as solos, duets, and group pieces.
1953Thomas Ligotti, American author[†]
Thomas Ligotti is an American horror author, lay philosopher, and writer. His writings are rooted in several literary genres – most prominently weird fiction – and have been described by critics as works of philosophical horror, often formed into short stories and novellas in the tradition of gothic fiction. The worldview espoused by Ligotti in his fiction and non-fiction has been described as pessimistic and nihilistic. The Washington Post called him "the best kept secret in contemporary horror fiction."
In 1953, the world population was approximately 2,634,106,235 people[†]