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Engraving & Printing Bur: 8,000 $20 bills stolen; theft reptdly facilitated by relaxed pkg restrictions during Xmas season; assoc dir Holtzclaw comment
McCarthy reptdly promised Adm officials to curb his subversion pre be s and probe other fields; Sen Ellender to lead Sen floor fight to cut funds and powers of Sen probe groups, especially McCarthy subcom; Sen McClellan may reintroduce '49 motion for joint com; Ellender challenges McCarthy to give acctg of what he accomplished with '53 funds
NY,NH&H asks ICC for 1/3 rise in all interstate and NYS commutation fares; explains bypassing of PSC; would substitute 2 new types of tickets for 60-ride unrestricted and 46-ride restricted tickets; present and proposed fares compared
Eisenhower revs Adm achievements, radio-TV rept to nation; foresees good yr
SK hails stand; UN Command and SK continue preparing to accept some 22,000 anti-Communist POWs; SK leaders reptdly discuss head count by Indian forces; speculation on Communist moves
1954Alex English, American basketball player and coach[†]
Alexander English is an American former professional basketball player, coach, and businessman.
1954László Krasznahorkai, Hungarian author and screenwriter[†]
László Krasznahorkai is a Hungarian novelist and screenwriter known for difficult and demanding novels, often labeled postmodern, with dystopian and melancholic themes. Several of his works, including his novels Satantango (1985) and The Melancholy of Resistance (1989), have been adapted into feature films by Béla Tarr.
1954Rabbit Maranville, American baseball player and manager (born 1891)[†]
Walter James Vincent "Rabbit" Maranville was an American professional baseball shortstop, second baseman and manager. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Boston Braves, Pittsburgh Pirates, Chicago Cubs, Brooklyn Robins, and St. Louis Cardinals between 1912 and 1934. At the time of his retirement in 1935, he had played in a record 23 seasons in the National League, a mark which was not broken until 1986 by Pete Rose.
In 1954, the world population was approximately 2,685,894,860 people[†]