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JAJCE, Yugoslavia, Nov. 29 -- President Marshal Tito said today he was ready for a mutual withdrawal of Yugoslavia's and Italy's armies from their common frontier north of Trieste.
Stockholm Expressen pub Ho Chi Minh offer to discuss truce; Ho blames US 'imperialism' for prolonging war; Peiping radio indicates endorsement of offer
Quill revs his wage demands and relations with Authority, radio int; threatens strike Jan 1 to protect workers
talks continue; progress reptd; plan to pub news as ad in Herald-Tribune fails as employes of latter refuse to handle copy
J Reston repts Eisenhower, at Bermuda conf, will pledge to keep US troops in Eur as long as USSR menace lasts but will not give France 'precise assurances' or prolonged cooperation; US stand to be affected by French ratification of EDC; Dulles tells Amb Bonnet of US views
1953Shuggie Otis, American singer-songwriter and musician[†]
Johnny Shuggie Otis is an American singer-songwriter, recording artist, and multi-instrumentalist.
1953David Sancious, American rock and jazz keyboard player and guitarist[†]
David Sancious is an American musician. He was an early member of Bruce Springsteen's backing group, the E Street Band, and contributed to the first three Springsteen albums, and again on Human Touch (1992), Tracks (1998), and Western Stars (2019). Sancious is a multi-instrumentalist but is best known as a keyboard player and guitarist. He left the E Street Band in 1974 to form his own band, Tone, and released several albums. He subsequently became a popular session and touring musician, most notably for Stanley Clarke, Narada Michael Walden, Zucchero Fornaciari, Eric Clapton, Peter Gabriel, Jack Bruce, and Sting among many others. In 2014, Sancious was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the E Street Band.
1953Francis Picabia, French painter and poet (born 1879)[†]
Francis Picabia was a French avant-garde painter, writer, filmmaker, magazine publisher, poet, and typographist closely associated with Dada.
1953Edward Mutesa II, the kabaka (king) of Buganda is deposed and exiled to London by Sir Andrew Cohen, Governor of Uganda.[†]
Sir Edward Frederick William David Walugembe Mutebi Luwangula Mutesa II was a Ugandan royal and statesman who served as the first president of Uganda from 1962 to 1966, when he was overthrown by Milton Obote. Mutesa was also the Kabaka (King) of the traditional kingdom of Buganda in Uganda from 22 November 1939 until his death in 1969.
In 1953, the world population was approximately 2,634,106,235 people[†]