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Furry and research asst L J Kamin, who had refussed to discuss party activities before, now admit they were Communists, Sen subcom; defy McCarthy contempt threats for refusing to name party associates; waive 5th Amendment; Furry explains action; both deny any on faculty is known to them as Communist; McCarthy ridicules Pusey
missiles may be fitted with atomic warhead
US reptdly to grant GB $250 million, next 2 yrs, to add new fighter sqdns to NATO
Fire, Bklyn; 4,000 sets, 1,000 cabinets destroyed
Columbia Univ and other groups hold conf on conflict between natl security and right to knowledge; Sir H Shawcross, Very Rev Connell, others s
1954Robin Davies, Welsh actor (died 2010)[†]
Robert Richard "Robin" Davies was a Welsh television and film actor.
1954Wolfgang Schmidt, German discus thrower[†]
Wolfgang Schmidt is a German former track and field athlete who competed for East Germany at the 1976 Summer Olympics and won the silver medal in the discus throw. A former world record holder, he also won several medals at the European Athletics Championships. Schmidt made headlines in 1982 due to his failed attempt to escape from East Germany. He later competed for the Federal Republic of Germany and won third place in the 1990 European Athletics Championships. Born in Berlin, he competed for the SC Dynamo Berlin / Sportvereinigung (SV) Dynamo.
1954Vasili Zhupikov, Russian footballer and coach (died 2015)[†]
Vasili Mikhailovich Zhupikov was a Soviet football player and a Russian coach.
In 1954, the world population was approximately 2,685,894,860 people[†]