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anti-Communist POWs demonstrate, attempt break-out, protest visit of NNRC med team to hosp inclosure; 1 NK killed, 5 others wounded by Indian guards; gunfire used by Indians for 1st time; 500 anti-Communists attempt 2d break-out; demand return of POW taken to hosp for treatment; 2 Chinese POWs killed, 5 wounded by Indian guards
H Riegelman cites condition of piers as factor in port's loss of commerce; urges bold rehabilitation program
distinguished service award goes to ex??? Acheson
s to NYS C of C on NY Port
Authority meets; retains A A Schechter as pub relations consultant for 3 mos at $2,000 a mo; hires City Cleaning Contractors to take care of transit bldg; will transfer or dismiss 70 workers who had been doing work
1953Vanessa Bell Armstrong, American singer[†]
Vanessa Bell Armstrong is an American R&B and gospel singer who released her debut album Peace Be Still in 1983. She is a seven-time Grammy Award nominee, Stellar Award winner, and she won a Soul Train Award. She has worked with many in the industry including Mattie Moss Clark, Daryl Coley, The Clark Sisters, Rance Allen, James Cleveland, and many others. Armstrong, has an honorary doctorate degree in theology from Next Dimension University, received at the West Angeles Cathedral in Los Angeles in 2017.
1953Tom Boswell, American basketball player[†]
Tommy G. Boswell is a retired American professional basketball player.
1953John Marin, American painter (born 1870)[†]
John Marin was an early American modernist visual artist. He is known for his abstract landscape paintings and watercolors.
1953Émilie Busquant, French anarcho-syndicalist, sewed the first Flag of Algeria (born 1901)[†]
Émilie Busquant (1901–1953) was a French feminist, anarcho-syndicalist and anti-colonial activist who was married to the Algerian nationalist leader Messali Hadj. She is notable for her involvement in the creation of the Algerian flag.
In 1953, the world population was approximately 2,634,106,235 people[†]