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Wagner on need for more state aid, message to City Council; charges NYC supports NYS
Sen Butler offers bill to end Govt's annual allotment of cotton cloth to Senecas and Six Nations tribes under 1794 pact; Indian Bur repr comments
BERLIN, Feb. 2 -- John Foster Dulles, United States Secretary of State, sharply rejected today the Soviet proposals for a German peace treaty. He was supported by Anthony Eden, British Foreign Secretary, and Georges Bidault, French Foreign Minister.
police and troops break up anti-Govt demonstration; Kashani openly breaks with Govt; charges it is dictatorship, would turn Iran back to foreigners; 2 policemen, several civilians hurt in riots in bazaar area; Acting Interior Min Jahanbani denies Govt interferes with voting, radio s
bipartisan compromise effort fails; George offers his amendment; backed by Dems except those who oppose any amendment; Knowland, Ferguson persist in seeking approach acceptable to Eisenhower; offer some noncontroversial proposals to insure their plan will be studied before George's
1954Tiger Williams, Canadian ice hockey player and coach[†]
David James "Tiger" Williams is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) from 1974 to 1988. He played in the 1981 NHL All-Star Game and the 1982 Stanley Cup Finals. He is the NHL's career leader in penalty minutes. He was nicknamed "Tiger" as a 5-year-old by his minor hockey coach in Weyburn, Saskatchewan.
In 1954, the world population was approximately 2,685,894,860 people[†]