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In 1953, the world population was approximately 2,634,106,235 people[†]
1953Rick Mahler, American baseball player and coach (died 2005)[†]
Richard Keith Mahler was a starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Atlanta Braves, Cincinnati Reds (1989–1990) and Montreal Expos (1991). His brother Mickey was a major league pitcher as well; the two were Braves teammates in 1979. The brothers had also played together for the Triple-A Richmond Braves.
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freed Amer officer repts Communists on Aug 3 sentenced some US officers to long prison terms for 'instigating against peace'; repts no data on Maj Gen Dean; Communists claim they gave Dean special treatment
Dulles conf with Rhee, Seoul; repts accord to discuss pol conf; silent on SK rept that US troops will resume hostilities if pol conf fails to make progress within 90 days
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Impellitteri appts H J Klein to replace Jeffe
Mayock testifies he collected $65,000 from W S Lasdon; that he funneled $30,000 of it to Dem Natl Com to finance '48 Pres campaign, splitting rest with L Markus and Solomon who had introduced him to Lasdon; says he gave money to Dem Natl Com by giving cash to individuals who in turn made out checks to com; describes giving lump sum to former chmn of Dem Finance Com Johnson and his return of it because it violated Hatch Act on amt and on failure to give list of donors; refuses to name persons who cooperated with him on sending checks; says former Treas Sec Snyder was only person he talked with on Lasdon case; does not recall purported confs with Foley and Oliphant; Com shows Mayock was never 'Judge' and was not counsel to Dem Natl Com but a volunteer member of Finance Com and as such had promised to raise $30,000 for '48 campaign; Mayock describes meeting Lasdon and deciding on fee; says that he got facts of case from Cann, that he never told Lasdon or Snyder money was to be paid as pol contribution; says he recd only $2,500 of it, although his share was $17,500, $15,000 of which he gave to Markus on promissory note which was never repaid; Mayock pol background; illus
US High Comr Conant offers to back release of funds blocked in US to buy food
Elected Repub Policy Com chmn
USSR accepts Western proposal for Foreign Mins Council conf on Ger if conf first studies ways to ease gen tension, notes to Western Big 3; holds participation of Communist China essential
USAF repts 25 forced to leap from blazing RB-36 into Atlantic 500 mi W of Eng; craft en route from Travis Base, Calif
Riegelman resigns, lr to Summerfield; revs improvments under his adm; swears in JM Sheehan as successor pending apptmt of new Postmaster
Pres Eisenhower defends appropriation as 'cheapest way' to insure US security, s, US Govs conf
H Ruppe repts USSR rebuilds Peenemunde base and has improved Ger Wasserfall rocket