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Treas Young repts gen fund revenue of $17,121,545 for July as compared with $65,011,147 in July '52; apparent drop due not to actual loss of revenues but to trick financing in '52-53 budget
MOSCOW, Aug. 23 -- The Soviet Union placed before the German people today two important instruments of policy: A carefully reasoned appeal by Premier Georgi M. Malenkov that Germans unite to avoid the path toward war that has led to two national catastrophies in a half century and a broad program of financial and economic measures designed to assist East Germany.
Communists isolated in strike effort as non-Communists abandon metals strike call
pub rept on hearings on Govt infiltration by Communists; finds penetration to frightening extent that is not yet fully exposed; urges further probes; describes pattern of infiltration; says FBI had data on many suspected Communists but exec agencies failed to act until Cong probes began; cites witnesses' invoking of 5th Amendment; lists members of 1st cells in Govt; subcom recommendations
1953Sam Torrance, Scottish golfer and sportscaster[†]
Samuel Robert Torrance is a Scottish professional golfer and sports commentator. He was one of the leading players on the European Tour from the mid-1970s to the late 1990s, with 21 Tour wins. Torrance was a member of European Ryder Cup teams on eight occasions consecutively; on Cup-winning teams four times. He was also part of the winning Scotland team at the 1995 Dunhill Cup. He was the winning non-playing captain of the European Ryder Cup team in 2002. Torrance was honoured with the MBE (1996) and OBE (2003), for his outstanding contributions to golf.
In 1953, the world population was approximately 2,634,106,235 people[†]