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neutral observers defend NNRC; deny POWs will be subjected to coercion or brutal, protracted brain-washing; cite stated aim of truce accord; concerned over possible US-India unfriendliness
some members of Locals 1171 and 975, which bolted ILA, vote to remain in old union; elect temporary officers
Warren, with wife, arrives, Washington; greeted by Vice Pres Nixon, Sen Knowland, Brownell, other officials; illus with family before leaving San Francisco
Min Faure calls econ system outdated; urges output expansion and revision of tax and credit systems; analyzes causes of plight
Repr Cole, in TV int, and ODM Dir Flemming, in qrly rept to White House, warn of USSR capability to drop devastating bombs on US; Cole calls situation desperate; refers to recent developments but refuses to say if USSR has found cheaper and easier way to make H-bomb; charges USSR potential has been underestimated; Flemming says his statement does not go beyond US AEC disclosures
1953Philip Hampton, English-Scottish accountant and businessman[†]
Sir Philip Roy Hampton is a British businessman. He was the first chairman of UK Financial Investments Limited in 2008 and chairman of government-owned The Royal Bank of Scotland Group between 2009 and 2015. He has also chaired GlaxoSmithKline and J Sainsbury.
1953Roy Laidlaw, Scottish rugby player[†]
Roy James Laidlaw is a former Scotland international rugby union player.
In 1953, the world population was approximately 2,634,106,235 people[†]