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Dewey to call session on Wicks
Comm also to use sworn-to questionnaire as supplement to subpoena; gets many requests from attys offering to aid probe; Nassau County trying to learn number of Roosevelt employes who quit before being fingerprinted
WASHINGTON, Oct. 12 -- The United States had under advisement tonight the protests of both Yugoslavia and the Soviet Union against the decision by the United States and Britain to turn over Zone A of the Trieste Territory to Italian control.
US on behalf of 'Com of 16' agrees to meeting Oct 26 at Panmunjom, note to Communists through Sweden; does not authorize US repr to negotiate on role for neutrals; indicates accord does not mean US regards Panmunjom as suitable site for pol conf; Dean to represent US at conf if held
Fed agents seize $500,000 in heroin, NYC, aboard SS Flandre; illus; 2 French seamen, 2 Amers held; French seize alleged ringleader, Marseilles
1953Pat Day, American jockey[†]
Patrick Alan "Pat" Day is a retired American jockey. He is a four-time winner of the Eclipse Award for Outstanding Jockey and was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 1991 and the Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame in 1999. Day won 9 Triple Crown races and 12 Breeders' Cup races. He was once the leader for career Breeders' Cup wins though he was later surpassed as the events were expanded after he retired.
In 1953, the world population was approximately 2,634,106,235 people[†]