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October 22, 1953

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Headlines from October 22, 1953

NEUTRALS PURSUING A P. O. W. SOLUTION; Board in Korea Bars Indian Idea of Abandoning Effort to Revive 'Explanations'

By the United Press

NNRC rejects Indian proposal for indefinite adjournment; deadlock persists; Thimayya comments; NK POWs promise Thimayya they will decide within day whether to attend explanation meetings; NNRC repts Chinese POW segregated after 2 1/2 hr session with explainers chooses repatriation; Polish and Czech reprs deny they broke with NNRC; score disclosure of split on vote at closed meetings; NNRC repts 2 Chinese and 1 NK ask repatriation; repatriated NK says he was held by force in neutral compound, Communist press conf; illus

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Notable Births

René Arce Islas

1953René Arce Islas, Mexican politician[†]

René Arce Islas is a Mexican politician affiliated with the PVEM. He served as Deputy of the LIX Legislature of the Mexican Congress representing the Federal District and as Senator during the LX and LXI Legislatures, then with the PRD.

Historical Context for October 22, 1953

In 1953, the world population was approximately 2,634,106,235 people[†]