Gen. Hays, 'Tough' War Hero, Named by Dewey to Pier Unit; TWO-WAR GENERAL DEWEY'S PIER CHIEF
By George Horne
Lt Gen Hays apptd NY member
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August 21, 1953
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Sultan of Morocco Deposed As Tribes March on Rabat; Banished Ruler and Two Sons Fly to Haven in Corsica on French General's Advice -- Paris Stresses Sovereign's Safety Sultan of Morocco Is Banished As Tribesmen March on Capital
By Michael Clarkspecial To the New York Times
deposed; exiled to Corsica
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FRENCH AGREEMENT REACHED IN STRIKES BY PUBLIC WORKERS; 2 Non-Red Unions Send Postal Employes Back -- 48-Hour Metals Walkout Ordered
By the Associated Press
PARIS, Friday, Aug. 21 -- Two big non-Communist unions ordered their members early today to return to work in France's postal, telegraph and telephone services.
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Subway Riders to Hear TV Voices With Advice on Safety and Etiquette; VIDEO STARS BILLED FOR SUBWAY TALKS
By Ira Henry Freeman
A A Schechter Assocs, hired by Transit Authority to promote subways, proposes to broadcast 'spot' announcements by local TV stars over loudspeakers to be installed in all major stations; announcements would laud subway service; urge riders to be orderly and careful; some quoted; networks and stars would be identified in announcements as recompense; NBC and ABC agree, CBS refuses, Du Mont silent
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Metal Workers Called Out; FRENCH AGREEMENT REACHED IN STRIKES
By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES
Govt and non-Communist unions reach accord in natl industries; Govt to moderate decrees; unions order postal, phone and telegraph workers return; private indus unaffected; metal workers called out for 48 hrs; Renault walkout spreads; Faure to issue new decrees
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Notable Births
1953Ivan Stang, American author, publisher, and director[†]
Ivan Stang is an American writer, filmmaker and broadcaster, best known as the author and publisher of the first screed of the Church of the SubGenius. He is credited with founding the Church with friend Philo Drummond in 1979, though Stang himself denied this and claimed the organization was founded in 1953 by J. R. "Bob" Dobbs.
Historical Context for August 21, 1953
In 1953, the world population was approximately 2,634,106,235 people[†]