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November 7, 1953

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Headlines from November 7, 1953

EISENHOWER ISSUES NEW SECURITY CODE; Order to Safeguard Defense Data Voids Truman System -- Officials Criticize Plan EISENHOWER ISSUES NEW SECURITY CODE

By Anthony Levierospecial To the New York Times

Eisenhower issues new Exec Order; Truman order superseded; 28 Govt depts and agencies deprived of power to classify information; authority ltd to heads of 17 others; 'restricted' classification abolished; remaining 3 categories defined; Atty Gen Brownell briefs newsmen; says order will enable news to flow freely to public; terms 'restricted' category a 'catch-all'; says Truman order was unwarranted censorship; Truman declines comment; defends old order; security officials question Brownell appraisal; view new order as unwieldy; see flow of news reduced; say 'confidential' category will become catch-all; fear abolition of lowest category will cause chaos; cite huge mass of documents to be reclassified; deplore Brownell failure to conf with them; some score it as pol move; point out ways in which order can be modified

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SWISS SET TO QUIT KOREA P.O.W. UNIT OVER REDS' TACTICS; Delegate Demands Changes -- Pro-Communist U.S. Captives Hold Indians as Hostages SWISS SET TO QUIT KOREA P. O. W. UNIT

By Robert Aldenspecial To the New York Times

Switzerland threatens to withdraw from NNRC unless explanation procedures are changed; urges authorizing Indian reprs at sessions to end ints when POW rights are violated; urges Communists be compelled to process all POWs called for in single day; bar violating Geneva Conv; Amer POWs seize 2 Indian guards as hostages, complain they are being coerced by lrs and newspapers from home; release guards after NNRC reprs hear their complaints; Thimayya says custodial forces may have to censor POW mail

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Notable Births

Maire Aunaste

1953Maire Aunaste, Estonian journalist and author[†]

Maire Aunaste is an Estonian journalist.

1953Erik Balke, Norwegian saxophonist and composer[†]

Erik Balke is a Norwegian jazz musician (saxophone), known as leader of the "Lille Frøen Saksofonkvartett" with Vidar Johansen, Arne Frang and Odd Riisnæs/Tore Brunborg/Olav Dale, as member of his younger brother Jon Balke's early orchestras, and for cooperations with Don Cherry, Ed Blackwell, Per Jørgensen, Audun Kleive, Nils Petter Molvær, Torbjørn Sunde, Tore Brunborg, Paolo Vinaccia, and Bugge Wesseltoft.

Christopher Foster (bishop)

1953Christopher Foster, English bishop[†]

Christopher Richard James Foster is a retired Anglican bishop who served as Bishop of Portsmouth in the Church of England from 2010 to 2021.

Lucinda Green

1953Lucinda Green, English equestrian and journalist[†]

Lucinda Jane Green is a British equestrian and journalist who competed in eventing. She is the 1982 World Champion and twice European Champion (1975–77). She also won World team Gold (1982), three European team golds and an Olympic silver medal in the team event in 1984. Between 1973 and 1984, she won a record six times at the Badminton Horse Trials. She also won the Burghley Horse Trials in 1977 and 1981. She was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 1978 Birthday Honours for services to Horse Riding.

Historical Context for November 7, 1953

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