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January 19, 1954

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High Court Upsets Censors Of Films in New York, Ohio; Finds Objections Too Vague on 'La Ronde' and 'M' -- No General Rule Made, but 2 Justices Oppose Any Restraints HIGH COURT UPSETS BANS ON 2 FILMS

By Luther A. Hustonspecial To the New York Times

US Sup Ct ruling bars NYS ban on film La Ronde as immoral and Ohio ban on film 'M' for inciting crime. Commercial Pictures and Superior Films suits; reverses lower cts rulings; cites decision on film The Miracle; Ct did not rule on const of censorship prior to pub showings; Justices Black and Douglas oppose any censorship; states censorship curb seen; cases revd; E A Johns ton and Mrs Shientag hail decision

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Inquiry Asked by U. N.; INDIANS TO RETURN P.O.W.'S TO ALLIES

By Lindsay Parrottspecial To the New York Times

Indian Command to adhere to its plan; NNRC meets; Maj Gen Lacey asks NNSC to probe charges that Communists as late as last Nov 15 enrolled Allied POWs into Communist army in violation of truce; Peiping radio asserts Amers plan to kill POWs attempting to turn North when released by Indians; UN forces rehearse POW processing

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Notable Births

Katey Sagal

1954Katey Sagal, American actress and singer[†]

Katey Sagal is an American actress and singer. She is known for playing Peg Bundy on Married... with Children (1987–1997), Turanga Leela on Futurama, Cate Hennessy on 8 Simple Rules (2002–2005), Gemma Teller Morrow on the FX series Sons of Anarchy (2008–2014), for which she won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama in 2011, and Louise Goldufski-Conner on The Conners (2018–2025).

Cindy Sherman

1954Cindy Sherman, American photographer and director[†]

Cynthia Morris Sherman is an American artist whose work consists primarily of photographic self-portraits, depicting herself in many different contexts and as various imagined characters.

Esther Shkalim

1954Esther Shkalim, Israeli poet and Mizrahi feminist[†]

Esther Shkalim is an Israeli, Mizrahi feminist poet. Shkalim is a researcher of Jewish communities, and a curator of Jewish art. In her poetry Shekalim describes the experience of the female, Jewish and Mizrahi identities, in the family and public spheres.

Notable Deaths

Theodor Kaluza

1954Theodor Kaluza, German mathematician and physicist (born 1885)[†]

Theodor Franz Eduard Kaluza was a German mathematician and physicist known for the Kaluza–Klein theory, involving field equations in five-dimensional space-time. His idea that fundamental forces can be unified by introducing additional dimensions was reused much later for string theory.

Historical Context for January 19, 1954

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