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Japanese observers see Communist China-NK pact to offset US-SR pact
Govs Driscoll, Kohler, Langlie back Eisenhower program on priority for balancing budget, ints
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 -- The public paid its respects today to Robert A. Taft on his last visit to the Capitol. Upward of 30,000 persons, many in shirt-sleeves and carrying infants in arms, filed by the coffin under the dome of the Capitol before the chamber was closed at 9 o'clock tonight.
leaves Washington; accompanied by Lodge, Robertson, McCardle, Stevens and others; illus; Sens unable to go
Red Cross teams agree to delay visit to camps 1 day after UN teams hold Communist proposal to limit teams to truce hdqrs towns contrary to truce terms; preparations for POW exch speeded; UN reception units hold dress rehearsal; Peiping radio repts only non-Koreans in 1st exch group
1953Ian Bairnson, Scottish guitarist, songwriter and saxophonist (died 2023)[†]
John "Ian" Bairnson was a Scottish musician and member of Pilot and the Alan Parsons Project. He was a multi-instrumentalist, who played saxophone and keyboards, but mainly performed as a guitarist, which he played with a sixpence. In addition to his work with Parsons, Bairnson played guitar on four Kate Bush albums, including the guitar solo on her 1978 debut single, "Wuthering Heights".
1953Marlene Dumas, South African painter[†]
Marlene Dumas is a South African artist and painter based in the Netherlands.
In 1953, the world population was approximately 2,634,106,235 people[†]