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NYS Appellate Div bars union from picketing retail store whose employes refused to join union, AFL Wine & Liquor Store Employes case
WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 -- The Eisenhower Administration, well aware of the mood of Congress, is determined that its European Allies must fish or cut bait soon on ratification and creation of the European Defense Community.
Moreland Act Comm-NYS Ins Dept probe of Bldg Service Employes Local 32-E uncovers data on corruption in adm of welfare funds of several AFL unions; finds officials took kickbacks from ins agents, padded payrolls with relatives, charged excessive fees, compelled ins cos and fund trustees to pay separately for same service
NYS Legis (Tompkins) com hearing, NYC; G Bieler describes tricks he used while soliciting by phone funds for Sts Peter & Paul Ch House and ad for NJ Sup Police Officers Assn pub; posed as priest or policeman; says he kept 35% as comm and expenses; heard another promoter got 50 to 70%; W Kauth testifies he and family earn nearly $75,000 a yr from fund-raising; own Donard Inc, direct mail fund raising corp, and Noddra Inc, which prepares mailing envelopes; cos raise funds for Guide Dog Foundation for Blind, Girls Town, Boys Brotherhood Repub of NY, other orgns; A H Levien testifies on fund raising for Natl Cancer Hosp of Amer, which has been barred from soliciting in NYS and Detroit; says he snowballed investment of 2,000 one-dollar bills into $650,000 by mailing them to 'sucker lists' with request they be returned with gifts; lost 164,725 bills in operation; $435,000 spent in fund-raising; Mayor-elect Wagner and Sen Lehman among prominent New Yorkers whose names were used; Hosp not connected with Natl Cancer Foundation; Marine Corps League Kings County Council comdr Fletcher again testifies; denies role in improper practices; com counsel Kerner shows Sept '53 printed lr with letterhead bearing names of Wagner, Lehman and others, which asked funds to entertain Korean POWs
Thimayya says all POWs will be released Jan 22 unless both sides agree on alternative; SK and UN Command favor Jan 22 release; Thimayya undecided on procedures for freeing POWs; expects trouble among anti-Communists in South Camp; believes 1,500-2,000 would choose repatriation if given chance; would like to offer them chance; says 41 anti-Communists asked to be sent to neutral nations other than Formosa; says Amers do not want to go home; says Nehru clarifies stand
1953Rebecca Forstadt, American voice actress and screenwriter[†]
Rebecca Forstadt is an American voice actress, best known for playing young female roles in various animated series. After studying theater at Orange Coast College, in Costa Mesa, California, Forstadt began her acting career by working at Knott's Berry Farm's Bird Cage Theater, performing melodramas, often as the damsel in distress character. Later, she went to Hollywood where she worked as a wardrobe mistress on such television shows as The White Shadow and Hill Street Blues, as well as for the film S.O.B.. She also spent several years doing live theater in the Los Angeles area. Most notably, she won some recognition for her portrayal of the character Josette in the world premiere of Eugène Ionesco's Tales for People Under 3 Years of Age at the Stages Theatre Center in 1982. She starred in several low-budget movies such as Mugsy's Girls, with Ruth Gordon and Laura Branigan, and Round Numbers with Kate Mulgrew, Samantha Eggar, and Shani Wallis. She also appeared as a television actress in Hill Street Blues, St. Elsewhere, and L.A. Law. Her voice acting breakthrough came when she landed the leading role of Lynn Minmei in the English version of Robotech, the popular anime series of the 1980s. Since then, she has voiced hundreds of other anime characters like Nunnally Lamperouge in Code Geass, Rika Furude in When They Cry, Monomi from Danganronpa 2 Goodbye Despair, and Tima from Metropolis and has branched into non-anime cartoons, live-action shows, commercials and radio work, and has performed background voices for movies such as Antz, Dr. Dolittle, and The Santa Clause.
In 1953, the world population was approximately 2,634,106,235 people[†]