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GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Aug. 22 -- Dick Norton, a skinny youngster from Grand Rapids, and Dale Morey, a salesman, reached the final of the Western amateur golf championship today.
Indiscriminate criticism of banking provoked by the opponents of the Administration's monetary policies is likely to narrow the competitive breach betweeen New York's savings and commer cial banks. This is the view of savings bank executives who assert that any such attacks affect the entire banking industry since the general public usually does not differentiate between types of banking institutions.
TOKYO, Sunday, Aug. 23 -- The Communists scheduled for completion today return of the first half of the United States prisoners of the Korean war to be repatriated under terms of the armistice agreement, with "Operation Big Switch" running well ahead of schedule.
India reptdly instructs delegation not to withdraw from contest despite US stand; interprets truce provision to mean UN, not US or 16 Allies, is one of 'sides' called upon to name reprs to pol conf; speculation on com vote
1953Bobby G, English singer-songwriter[†]
Bobby G, also known as Bobby Gee, is a member of pop group Bucks Fizz, best known for winning the 1981 Eurovision Song Contest and for achieving three UK number one hits with "Making Your Mind Up" (1981), "The Land of Make Believe" (1981) and "My Camera Never Lies" (1982).
In 1953, the world population was approximately 2,634,106,235 people[†]