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Western Big 3 reptdly will offer solution; speculation; US State Dept denial; Dulles unaware of Ital bid to take part in 5-power conf; map
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Colonial Office charges Communists plan coup, thus necessitating mil intervention; repr charges some in PPP are linked to Communists abroad; PPP chiefs deny coup charges; Admiralty confirms troop movements
Gov Dewey charges Riegelman opponents avoid real issues, TV s
Striking dock workers in New York and eleven other Atlantic Coast ports flocked back to their jobs yesterday in response to a no-strike order issued under the national emergency provisions of the Taft-Hartley Act.
1953Linda Griffiths, Canadian actress and playwright (died 2014)[†]
Linda Pauline Griffiths was a Canadian actress and playwright best known for writing and starring in the one woman play Maggie and Pierre, in which she portrayed both Pierre Trudeau and his then-estranged wife, Margaret. Among her cinematic work, she is best known for her acclaimed, starring role in Lianna.
1953Margus Lepa, Estonian journalist and actor[†]
Margus Lepa is an Estonian radio journalist and former actor.
1953Tico Torres, American drummer[†]
Hector Samuel Juan "Tico" Torres is an American musician, best known as the drummer for the rock band Bon Jovi. In 2018, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Bon Jovi.
In 1953, the world population was approximately 2,634,106,235 people[†]