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Wainwright, Jonathan M
Striking sand, gravel and concrete drivers started back to work yesterday in compliance with an arbitration ultimatum from Dave Beck, president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters A. F. L.
BONN, Germany, Sept. 2 -- Street brawls broke out in zonal border cities tonight between anti-Communist crowds and 1,500 Communists who had crossed into West Germany to disrupt Sunday's general elections.
Impellitteri denies H Epstein statement of nomination offer, possibility of ind white candidate reptd; R G Burke urged to run
temperature at 99; record for summer and in Weather Bur history; 9th consecutive day of over 90; rainstorm gives only slight relief; deaths again above normal; chart; illus
1953Jean-Pierre Jeunet, French director, producer, and screenwriter[†]
Jean-Pierre Jeunet is a French film director and screenwriter. His films combine fantasy, realism, and science fiction to create idealized realities or to give relevance to mundane situations.
1953George Peponis, Greek-Australian rugby league player and physician[†]
George Peponis is a Greek Australian company director and former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1970s and 1980s. An Australia national and New South Wales state representative hooker, he played in the NSWRFL Premiership for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs, with whom he won the 1980 Grand Final. He also captained the Bulldogs and New South Wales, and played in eight Test matches for Australia between 1978 and 1980, captaining the side on five consecutive occasions between 1979 and 1980.
In 1953, the world population was approximately 2,634,106,235 people[†]