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Turkey ready to provide site and facilities for major Allied base to compensate for possible loss of Suez Canal Zone as Near East defense center; map
reaction, US
Constellation bound for PR with 27 aboard crashes and burns while taking off in fog, Idlewild; 3 killed, 1 missing, 18 hurt; steward saves lives by opening door; Asst Dist Atty Cullen charges line bars questioning of crew; survivor int; list of injured
Wicks defends role, radio-TV s; says he sought to bar strikes on Del Water Supply Project, other pub works; denies financial or pol gain; cites his financial status; blames labor for Fay influence; TV broadcast delayed by NBC mishap; audience cut because network could not be cleared for simultaneous transmission; co explains; re-scheduling studied; Haver scores NBC
US State Dept concerned over mounting tension; holds Israeli attack on Kibya 'shocking'; urges steps to bar further incidents; reptdly decides to withhold econ aid to Israel; lists charges against Israel; Israel denies charges; 1 US official links regional water development plans to Israeli actions
1953Lionel Hollins, American basketball player and coach[†]
Lionel Eugene Hollins is an American professional basketball coach and former player who most recently served as an assistant coach for the Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). A point guard, Hollins played for the Portland Trail Blazers, winning an NBA championship in 1977 and named an NBA All-Star in 1978. The Trail Blazers retired his No. 14.
1953Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 is published.[†]
Ray Douglas Bradbury was an American author and screenwriter. One of the most celebrated 20th-century American writers, he worked in a variety of genres, including fantasy, science fiction, horror, mystery, and realistic fiction.
In 1953, the world population was approximately 2,634,106,235 people[†]