TORONTO, Jan. 16 -- Scoring three times in a wide-open first period, the Toronto Maple Leafs defeated the New York Rangers, 4 -- 0, tonight as Harry Lumley gained his eighth shutout of the National Hockey League season.

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By Seymour Peck

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1954Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., American environmental lawyer, writer, and conspiracy theorist^[†]

Robert Francis Kennedy Jr., also known by his initials RFK Jr., is an American politician, environmental lawyer, author, conspiracy theorist, and anti-vaccine activist serving as the 26th United States secretary of health and human services since 2025. A member of the Kennedy family, he is a son of senator and former U.S. attorney general Robert F. Kennedy and Ethel Skakel Kennedy, and a nephew of President John F. Kennedy.

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In 1954, the world population was approximately 2,685,894,860 people^[†]

Headlines from January 17, 1954

THE WONDER AND WACKINESS OF MAN; THE SECOND TREE FROM THE CORNER. By E. B. White. 253 pp. New York: Harper & Bros. $3.

15 Drop Forecast In New Cold Spell; NEW COLD SPELL DUE HERE TONIGHT

COMPROMISE FADES ON BRICKER'S PLAN; FLOOR FIGHT NEAR; Administration Leader Finds Odds Are '100 to 1' Against Softening Treaty Curb

RANGERS TOPPLED AT TORONTO, 4-0; Lumley of Leafs Gains Eighth Shut-Out -- Canadiens Trip Boston Six, 2 to 1

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