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Pravda on bid for conf; does not indicate USSR stand
Vatican, at Times' request, issues statement on Cardinal Ottaviani Mar 2 lecture backing curbs on Prot chs in mainly Cath countries
Rhee rouses new fears by renewing demand for Chinese troops withdrawal from Korea, press conf; Rhee seen stirred by Nam statement citing Harrison assurances, issued at plenary truce conf; Rhee gives views on new mil attacks
Eisenhower says US will ship food despite USSR objections, press conf; in obvious ret to USSR credit deal, stresses US seeks no repayment; says food will be distributed by W Ger Govt; W Berlin prepares distribution of 1 million pkgs; thousands of E Berliners flock to W Berlin to get pkgs, illus
Chancellor Butler denies that her reptd desire to marry Townsend affected Govt decision to amend Regency Act
1953Graham Gooch, English cricketer and coach[†]
Graham Alan Gooch, is a former English first-class cricketer who captained Essex and England. He was one of the most successful international batsmen of his generation, and through a career spanning from 1973 until 1997, he became the most prolific run scorer of all time, with 67,057 runs across first-class and limited-overs games. His List A cricket tally of 22,211 runs is also a record. In 1992, he became the first cricketer to lose 3 finals of the Cricket World Cup and is currently the only such player. He is one of only twenty-five players to have scored over 100 first-class centuries. He was a part of the English squads which finished as runners-up at the 1979 Cricket World Cup, as runners-up at the 1987 Cricket World Cup and as runners-up at the 1992 Cricket World Cup.
1953Najib Razak, Malaysian politician, 6th Prime Minister of Malaysia[†]
Mohammad Najib bin Abdul Razak is a Malaysian politician who served as the sixth prime minister of Malaysia from 2009 to 2018. In 2020, he was convicted of corruption in the 1Malaysia Development Berhad scandal, one of the largest money-laundering and embezzlement scandals in history. He is the son of former prime minister Abdul Razak Hussein. Najib served as the chairman of the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition from April 2009 to May 2018 and as the president of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) from November 2008 to May 2018. However, the coalition experienced an unprecedented defeat in the 2018 general election, attributed to corruption charges involving Najib and his family, which eroded public trust in the ruling party. The introduction of the Goods and Services Tax, widely regarded as unpopular, also significantly contributed to the decline in support.
In 1953, the world population was approximately 2,634,106,235 people[†]