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C Dressen out as mgr after club refuses to give him more than 1-yr pact; Pres O'Malley and Dressen comment; club reptdly offered Dressen $7,500 raise; speculation on successor
McCarthy repts Army suspends S more Ft Monmouth civilian employes recently int by subcom; that Ft Monmouth 'top scientist/ suspended, testified that Army raided his home in '46 and seized 43 secret documents which he had taken from Ft Monmouth lab, to his home for study, that he was friend of Rosenberg, that he was not Communist; McCarthy repts Gen Lawton testified that he doubts espionage was committed at Ft Monmouth; Ducore, Yamins, Coleman testify; McCarthy on Dirksen statement; says missing documents were used in E Berlin labs and were not recovered; Army silent
Western diplomats, UN hdqrs, rept US plans to tell Communists at preliminary conf that under proper conditions US would agree to neutral aid in working out Korea settlement; SK agreement reptd among conditions; some diplomats believe Communist China and USSR at odds on holding pol conf, with USSR opposed; Min Pyun scores neutralization plan
leaves Washington for Western Big-3 foreign mins conf, London; illus
Making Fed employes refusal to testify to Cong coms on grounds of possible self-incrimination basis for dismissal
1953Betsy Clifford, Canadian skier[†]
Elizabeth Clifford is a Canadian retired alpine skier.
1953Tito Jackson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2024)[†]
Toriano Adaryll "Tito" Jackson was an American musician. He was a founding member of the Jackson 5, a group who rose to fame in the late 1960s and 1970s with the Motown label and had continued success on the Epic label in the late 1970s and 1980s.
1953Larry Miller, American actor and comedian[†]
Lawrence John Miller is an American comedian, actor, voice actor, podcaster, and columnist. He is primarily regarded as a character actor, with The A.V. Club noting that he "can be counted upon to improve every film or television show he appears in". His better known roles include Lou Bonaparte in Mad About You (1993–1998), Pointy-haired Boss in Dilbert (1999–2000), Edwin Poole in Boston Legal (2004–2008), Mr. Hollister in Pretty Woman (1990), Dean Richmond in The Nutty Professor (1996) and Nutty Professor II: The Klumps (2000), Walter Stratford in 10 Things I Hate About You (1999), Principal Elliot T. Jindraike in Max Keeble's Big Move (2001), and Paolo Puttanesca in The Princess Diaries (2001) and The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement (2004). He reprised his role as Walter Stratford in the television series 10 Things I Hate About You (2009–2010).
1953Peter Phillips, English conductor and musicologist[†]
Peter Phillips is a British choral conductor, musicologist and writer. He is the founder of The Tallis Scholars as well as Gimell Records. He has been the owner of the Musical Times since 1995.
In 1953, the world population was approximately 2,634,106,235 people[†]