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students keep demonstrating against Govt despite Falange leaders orders to halt; Falangist student orgn blames subversives
Sen debate opens; George offers; substitute amendment omitting 'which' clause; proposes internatl agreement other than treaty become effective as internal law only by act of Cong; says he discussed proposal with Eisenhower but does not claim Pres backing; Knowland defers offering own Adm-approved substitute; Bricker rejects George plan; Sen J M Butler defends Bricker's; Sens Cooper, H A Smith and Hendrickson opposed
Wagner asks conf with Dewey and Repub legis leaders, lrs; speculation on program
danger signs discussed; Govt plans reflect austerity program
1954Peter Lampe, German theologian and historian[†]
Peter Lampe is a German Protestant theologian and chaired Senior Professor of New Testament Studies/History of Early Christianity at the University of Heidelberg in Germany.
1954Bruno Metsu, French footballer and manager (died 2013)[†]
Bruno Jean Cornil Metsu was a French footballer and football manager. During his senior playing career from 1973 to 1987, he played for seven different clubs in France.
1954Rick Warren, American pastor and author[†]
Richard Duane Warren is an American evangelical Christian pastor and author. He is the founder of Saddleback Church, an evangelical Baptist megachurch in Lake Forest, California. Since 2022, he serves as executive director of the Finishing the Task mission coalition.
In 1954, the world population was approximately 2,685,894,860 people[†]