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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1953
Page
7
The Veterans Administration reported a fall enrollment of nearly 600000 veterans in training programs. A record 217000 Korean GI bill trainees, 346000 World War II veterans under the original GI bill, and 26000 disabled veterans were enrolled. Korea veterans include 117000 in higher learning and 57000 in non college schools.
Tehran University awarded an honorary doctorate to U.S. Vice President Richard Nixon during a security heavy ceremony in central Tehran. A student walkout over deaths in a Communist demonstration did not target Nixon, while hecklers along the route were pursued by police and soldiers with bayonets. Nixon had previously accepted no similar honors except one from Bradley University in 1951.
President Eisenhower and his top aides press ahead on the 1954 legislative program to be outlined in the State of the Union early next month. The cabinet met in extraordinary session Wednesday and will reconvene with Eisenhower today, then again at a special session next Tuesday. The White House announced that December 17 to 19 will see the President, Vice President Nixon and senior staff meet with Republican congressional leaders.
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