August 4, 1953
The federal minimum wage stood at $0.75/hr that summer of 1953, and the Dow Jones sat at 281 — the Korean War armistice was being actively negotiated, with Congress leaving the fate of a truce agreement to President Eisenhower as fighting continued on the peninsula. On American screens and radio waves, "I Love Lucy" had just won the Emmy for best comedy and Eddie Fisher's "I'm Walking Behind You" sat at the top of the music charts. That July, Austrian climber Hermann Buhl completed the first ascent of Nanga Parbat in the Pakistan Himalayas — the world's ninth highest mountain — reaching the 26,660-foot summit alone, without supplemental oxygen, on a German-Austrian expedition.
On the cover
Magazine Covers — August 4, 1953
NY Times Headlines — Week of August 4, 1953
Indo-China Is Cited; President Tells Parley Of Governors U. S. Will Bar Conquest In East President Warns Kremlin On Asia
U. S. Captives Show Wide Tb Infection; Thirty Of The First Sixty U. N. Men Have Lung Lesions -- Mental Attitudes Good United Nations Troops, Liberated In Exchange At Panmunjom, Start The Long Road Home U. S. Captives Show High Tb Infection
U. S. Sees Way Open For 4-Power Talks After Soviet Note; But Plans Parleys With Allies Before Reply -- Wary On Bid To Invite Communist China U. S. Sees Way Open For 4-Power Talk
Dulles And Korean Sign Defense Pact; Rhee Gives Pledge; Seoul Chief Promises No Move To Break Armistice For 90 Days Of Political Parley Treaty Now Up To Senate Joint Statement Voices Aim To Unify Land Peacefully But Does Not Commit U. S. To Fight Dulles Signs Pact With South Korea
World Events — August 1953
Time Person of the Year — 1953
On the radio
Billboard Charts — August 4, 1953
On the bookshelf
On the television
Nielsen Top 10 — 1952–53 Season
Emmy Winners — 1953
At the movies
Box Office & Oscar Winners — August 4, 1953
On the field
Sports Champions — August 4, 1953
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