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September 17, 1953

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Headlines from September 17, 1953

AIR FORGE REDUCES JET ENGINE ORDERS; Contracts for All Motors Cut $400 to $500 Million as Less Overhaul Seems Needed AIR FORCE REDUCES JET ENGINE ORDERS

By Charles E. Eganspecial To the New York Times

Talbott repts USAF cancels jet and conventional engines orders that would have cost $400-500 million, fiscal '54; cites longer operating time between overhauls, other factors; holds USAF goals not affected; lists major engine types and secondary suppliers hit; some of funds saved to be used for new engines for new fighters

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WAGNER'S BACKERS NOW CALL HALLEY THE MAN TO BEAT; But They Concede Riegelman's Chance May Be Better Than if Impellitteri Had Won MAYOR URGED NOT TO RUN Mitchell Bids All Democrats Unite Behind Winner -- Small Primary Vote Disappoints WAGNER'S VICTORY HELD ONLY A START

By James A. Hagerty

only 546,385 of 2,132,181 enrolled Dems voted in NYC primary

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6,500 See Debut of CinemaScope, New Film Process, in 'The Robe'; Film Executives and Inventor at CinemaScope Opening 6,500 SEE DEBUT OF CINEMASCOPE

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Robe, The: premiere of 20th Century-Fox 1st CinemaScope film, Roxy Theatre, NYC; Prof H Chretien, Mayor Impellitteri attend; illus

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28 DIE AS AIRLINER CLIPS RADIO MASTS, CRASHES AT ALBANY; No Survivors in Fiery Wreck -- Wing and Tail Pieces Cut -- Plane Falls Near Airport ALL 28 ON PLANE DIE IN CRASH AT ALBANY

By Warren Weaver Jr.special To the New York Times

all 25 passengers and crew of 3 killed when Convair hits 2 radio towers and crashes near Albany, NY, Airport; craft was circling field in fog after flight from Boston; eyewitnesses rept; pilot's wife holds he criticized new bad-weather facilities as too close to towers; passenger and crew biogs; illus; map

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Carlson Joins Sales Tax Foes As Issue Grows in Congress; FOES OF SALES TAX JOINED BY CARLSON

By John D. Morrisspecial To the New York Times

club hears Sec Humphrey

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1953Luís Amado, Portuguese politician, former Minister of Foreign Affairs^[†]

Luís Filipe Marques Amado is a Portuguese politician who served as Minister of Defence, from 2005 to 2006, and Minister of Foreign Affairs, from 2006 to 2011, in the XVII and XVIII Constitutional Governments of Portugal, led by the Socialist Party. On 30 June 2007, he succeeded to the EU Council Presidency on behalf of Portugal.

1953Junior Bridgeman, American basketball player and businessman (died 2025)^[†]

Ulysses Lee "Junior" Bridgeman Jr. was an American professional basketball player and businessman. Bridgeman played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Milwaukee Bucks and Los Angeles Clippers from 1975 until 1987. Following his career, Bridgeman owned hundreds of fast-food restaurants, became a Coca-Cola bottler and distributor, and acquired Ebony and Jet magazines. Despite never making more than $350,000 a season during his NBA career, Bridgeman had a net worth of over $1.4 billion, making him one of the wealthiest former athletes in the world.

1953Tamasin Day-Lewis, English chef and author^[†]

Lydia Tamasin Day-Lewis is a British television chef and food critic, who has also published a dozen books about food, restaurants, recipes and places. She writes regularly for The Daily Telegraph, Vanity Fair, and Vogue.

1953Altaf Hussain, Pakistani-English soldier and politician^[†]

Altaf Hussain is a British Pakistani politician who is known as the founder of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement. He holds United Kingdom citizenship and has been living in exile in the UK since the start of Operation Clean-up. Since 2015, he has been a fugitive from the Anti Terrorism Court of Pakistan on the charges of 'murder, targeted killing, treason, inciting violence and hate speech'. He went on trial in the UK in January 2022 for 'promoting terrorism and unrest through hate speech in Pakistan', and was acquitted the next month. He had fled the country in 1992 after a crackdown against his party was launched.

1953Rita Rudner, American actress, comedian, and screenwriter^[†]

Rita Rudner is an American stand-up comedian and actress. Beginning her career as a Broadway actress, Rudner noticed the lack of female comedians in New York City and turned to stand-up comedy, where she has performed for over three decades. Her performance on a variety of HBO specials and numerous appearances on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson helped establish Rudner as one of the notable comics to emerge from the comedy boom of the 1980s.

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1953David Munson, American runner (born 1884)^[†]

David Curtiss Munson was an American athlete who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics.

1953Hans Feige, German general (Wehrmacht) (born 1880)^[†]

Hans Feige was a German General of the Infantry in the Wehrmacht during World War II.

Historical Context for September 17, 1953

In 1953, the world population was approximately 2,634,106,235 people^[†]

Headlines from September 17, 1953

AIR FORGE REDUCES JET ENGINE ORDERS; Contracts for All Motors Cut $400 to $500 Million as Less Overhaul Seems Needed AIR FORCE REDUCES JET ENGINE ORDERS

WAGNER'S BACKERS NOW CALL HALLEY THE MAN TO BEAT; But They Concede Riegelman's Chance May Be Better Than if Impellitteri Had Won MAYOR URGED NOT TO RUN Mitchell Bids All Democrats Unite Behind Winner -- Small Primary Vote Disappoints WAGNER'S VICTORY HELD ONLY A START

6,500 See Debut of CinemaScope, New Film Process, in 'The Robe'; Film Executives and Inventor at CinemaScope Opening 6,500 SEE DEBUT OF CINEMASCOPE

28 DIE AS AIRLINER CLIPS RADIO MASTS, CRASHES AT ALBANY; No Survivors in Fiery Wreck -- Wing and Tail Pieces Cut -- Plane Falls Near Airport ALL 28 ON PLANE DIE IN CRASH AT ALBANY

Carlson Joins Sales Tax Foes As Issue Grows in Congress; FOES OF SALES TAX JOINED BY CARLSON

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