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IBM and Georgetown Univ demonstrate electronic translator, gen-purpose computer with 250-word vocabulary and adaptable to various languages; turns Russian phrases into Eng in 1st successful use of such machine; Dr Hurd comments; demonstration and specimen punch card with translation illus
Eisenhower pleads for constructive USSR approach, State of Union Message; his stress on US atomic strength seen a warning that US would reject a proposal merely outlawing atomic weapons
Eisenhower s, Cong joint session; proposes program to protect freedom, maintain strong, growing econ, and to concern Govt with human problems of individual citizens; illus
Wagner urges Dewey join with him in apptg comm to study all state aid with view to abolishing it and returning taxing powers to NYC, s, Citizens Budget Comm; explains, defends program; pledges economies
white miners at Amer-controlled Roan Antelope Mine, N Rhodesia, vote to remove color bar; want equal pay for equal work; Rhodesian Selection Trust, in urging easing of color ban, warns against applying this principle
1954Eduard Wiiralt, Estonian-French painter and illustrator (born 1898)[†]
Eduard Wiiralt was an Estonian graphic artist. In art history, Wiiralt is considered as the most remarkable master of Estonian graphic art in the first half of his century. The best-known of his works include "Inferno", "Hell", "Cabaret", "Heads of Negroes", "Sleeping Tiger", and "Head of a Camel".
In 1954, the world population was approximately 2,685,894,860 people[†]