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Foreign Mins Council meets in secret, 4th time, in effort to reconcile views on conf to settle Korean and Indo-China wars; no progress reptd
Overcoats were shed in New York yesterday as the sun, in hibernation most of the winter, appeared suddenly in April-like warmth. It sent the mercury on a spree, with a temperature reading of 68 degrees at 3:55 P. M. to make it the warmest day of the year.
1st Sen test on Bricker amendment shows 20 Sens opposed to any amendment and 62 willing to back a mild one; vote indicates Sen will not go beyond stating treaties and exec agreements cannot override Const; accepts tech changes proposed by Knowland and Ferguson in wording of Bricker sec 1; Bricker sees chance he and George may form acceptable bipartisan amendment; Hennings questions legality of George text; quotes wires from J W Davis and O J Roberts; George denies proposing to alter fundamentally Pres treaty power; PE Ch Women's Auxiliary exec bd opposes amendment
dinner dance; Wagner s
House subcoms release testimony of appropriations hearings showing that in '53 Treas Dept ousted 4 on loyalty grounds and Agr Dept ousted 1 as Communist party (CP) member; Treas ousted total of 131 as security risks; Treas counsel Tuttle earlier refused to break down data; was recalled by subcom, and, on Repr Gary urging, gave details
1954Iain Banks, Scottish author and playwright (died 2013)[†]
Iain Banks was a Scottish author, writing mainstream fiction as Iain Banks and science fiction as Iain M. Banks, adding the initial of his middle name Menzies. After the success of The Wasp Factory (1984), he began to write full time. His first science fiction book, Consider Phlebas, appeared in 1987, marking the start of the Culture series. His books have been adapted for theatre, radio, and television. In 2008, The Times named Banks in their list of "The 50 greatest British writers since 1945".
1954Margaux Hemingway, American model and actress (died 1996)[†]
Margaux Louise Hemingway was an American fashion model and actress. The granddaughter of writer Ernest Hemingway, she gained independent fame as a supermodel in the 1970s, appearing on the covers of magazines including Cosmopolitan, Elle, Harper's Bazaar, Vogue, and Time.
1954Michael Holding, Jamaican cricketer and sportscaster[†]
Michael Anthony Holding is a Jamaican former cricketer and commentator who played for the West Indies cricket team. Widely regarded as one of the greatest pace bowlers in cricket history, he was nicknamed "Whispering Death" due to his undramatic but effective bowling style.
In 1954, the world population was approximately 2,685,894,860 people[†]