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Bidault outlines Navarre plan to take offensive against rebels; Sec Dulles approves; plan, being weighed by French War Council, estimates need for 20,000 more troops and $285 million above current war costs
Robertson returning to US with sweeping written concessions that pave way for truce signing; Robertson reptdly yielded on only 1 minor point; held firm on Eisenhower June 6 lr; concessions not made pub to avoid embarrassing Rhee; Rhee apparently violates secrecy pledge by disclosing in distorted form some parts of accord; some observers fear violation of secrecy pledge may endanger truce; Rhee claim that US pledged to rid NK of Chinese denied; US agreed to urge Communists to accept plan whereby anti-Communist POWs would be kept in neutral custody in buffer zone, making it unnecessary for Communist agents or Indian troops to enter SK; apparent breaches of secrecy irks Robertson; protest made to Rhee
USSR press and mass meetings charge Beria sought to stir hatred among different nationalities and ethnic groups
Gen Nom II, in protest note to Lt Gen Harrison, charges UN planes bombed and strafed POW camp, Suan, killing 5 UN POWs, wounding 15; charges 4 Communist 'working personnel' were killed or wounded while trying to rescue POWs
Sen com staff group under A Hillman issues rept criticizing program; makes recommendations; Stassen defends program but sees its end, TV program
1953Gil Birmingham, American actor[†]
Gilbert Birmingham is an American film and television actor. He is known for his roles as Tribal Chairman Thomas Rainwater on the Paramount Network series Yellowstone (2018–2024), George Hunter on Banshee (2014), Virgil White on Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (2015–2017), and Billy Black in The Twilight Saga film series (2008–2012).
1953David Thompson, American basketball player[†]
David O'Neil Thompson, commonly known by the nickname "Skywalker", is an American former professional basketball player. He played with the Denver Nuggets of both the American Basketball Association (ABA) and National Basketball Association (NBA), as well as the Seattle SuperSonics of the NBA before drug problems cut short his career. He was previously a star in college for North Carolina State, leading the Wolfpack to its first NCAA championship in 1974. Thompson is one of the ten players to score 70 or more points in an NBA game. He was inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame in 1996.
In 1953, the world population was approximately 2,634,106,235 people[†]