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7 die when F-86 crashes into homes, Long Beach, Calif; craft, trapped in overcast, was trying to land at Munic Airport; casualty list
labor leaders denounce plan for poll; poll opposed by some employers; by Sen Ives; plan traced to Sec Weeks
Fanfani will try to form Govt
Dewey silent on changes, message to Legis; Sen F J Mahoney and Assemblyman Bannigan to offer bills extending coverage to establishments with 3 or fewer workers, granting supplementary benefits for dependents, raising maximum benefits from $30 to $36 a wk; Sen Halpern offers bill raising wage base from 1st $3000 of wages to $3,600; Assemblyman Levine offers bills extending coverage and providing dependency benefits
198 reptd dead or missing; Austria hardest hit with 172 dead or missing; Blons nearly destroyed; many isolated communities face food shortage; main ry link, Vienna-Switzerland blocked; Swiss train near Oberriet derailed; illus
1954Richard Blackford, English composer[†]
Richard Blackford is an English composer.
1954Trevor Rabin, South African-American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer[†]
Trevor Charles Rabin is a South African musician, songwriter, and film composer. Born into a musical family and raised in Johannesburg, Rabin took up the piano and guitar at an early age and became a session musician, playing and producing with a variety of artists. In 1972, he joined the rock band Rabbitt, which enjoyed considerable success in South Africa, and released his first solo album, Beginnings. In 1978, Rabin moved to London to further his career, working as a solo artist and a producer for various artists including Manfred Mann's Earth Band.
In 1954, the world population was approximately 2,685,894,860 people[†]