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Justice Dept officials reptdly advise Blumauer not to hon subpoena; cite duty to keep jury proceedings secret despite Cong summons
Vishinsky charges US 'wrecks' talks, urges UN Assembly intervene, s, Assembly com; Min Lloyd (GB) replies; some delegates see USSR trying to move up Assembly debate on Korea
his conf with foreign newsmen, Moscow, is 1st since '47
Stevens says Army probe of Ft Monmouth labs shows no evidence of current espionage, news conf; concedes there may have been spying in past; says Army does good job on security cases but Cong coms can aid; repts several of 33 suspended employes reinstated; others to get hearings; comments on categories of suspected security cases; repts no missing Signal Corps documents that have not been found
Truman hints further statement on case; gets many wires and phone calls on rejecting subpoena; most reptdly back him
1953Tim Bowler, English children's author[†]
Tim Bowler is an author of books for teenagers and young adults. He won the 1997 Carnegie Medal from the CILIP, recognising the year's best children's book by a British subject, for the novel River Boy.
1953Dominique de Villepin, Moroccan-French lawyer and politician, 167th Prime Minister of France[†]
Dominique Marie François René Galouzeau de Villepin is a French politician who served as Prime Minister of France from 31 May 2005 to 17 May 2007 under President Jacques Chirac.
In 1953, the world population was approximately 2,634,106,235 people[†]