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B Smith holds '52-53 law enforcement record points up Mayor's Mgt Survey Com '52 rept on reorgn need
4 slain, 65 injured and property damaged, Calcutta, as police fire on rioters, including Communists, who press deamnds of striking W Bengal teachers for higher pay; Chief Min Roy pledges more Govt funds
NYS (Tompkins) Legis com rept holds NYS 'happy hunting ground' for groups barred from soliciting funds elsewhere; plans to continue probe; offers bills to curb fraudulent fund-raising; Gov Dewey urges passage, special message to Legis; bills would: make most soliciting agencies regis with NYS Soc Welfare Dept; make professional fund raisers regis yrly; make unauthorized use of a name in connection with solicitations a misdemeanor; empower Atty Gen to prosecute violations of proposed laws; require non-resident charitable agencies seeking to solicit funds in NYS to designate State Sec as agent for service of process
Temporary Comm on Fiscal Affairs of State Govt preliminary rept; sees difficult but not insuperable problems for next 10 yrs because costs will rise and revenues level off; notes urgent needs
Sen, 72-16, agrees that any amendment adopted will stipulate that treaties must be ratified by roll-call vote; Bricker, George conf on reconciling their proposals; George not willing now to bring treaties under same proposed Cong regulation as Exec agreements; vote due on Knowland-Ferguson proposal invalidating treaties unless made 'in pursuance of Const'; present Const article validates treaties made 'under authority of US'; Morse fears effects of US role in internatl orgns
1954Lou Ann Barton, American singer-songwriter[†]
Lou Ann Barton is an American blues singer based in Austin, Texas since the 1970s. AllMusic noted that "The grace, poise, and confidence she projects on-stage is part of a long tradition for women blues singers".
1954Miki Berkovich, Israeli basketball player[†]
Moshe "Miki" Berkovich is an Israeli former professional basketball player. A 193 cm shooting guard, he is considered to be one of the greatest Israeli basketball players of all time.
1954Rene Russo, American actress[†]
Rene Marie Russo is an American actress and model. She began her career as a fashion model in the 1970s, appearing on magazine covers such as Vogue and Cosmopolitan. She made her film debut in freejack. the 1989 comedy Major League, and rose to international prominence in a number of thrillers and action films throughout the 1990s, including Lethal Weapon 3 (1992), In the Line of Fire (1993), Outbreak (1995), Get Shorty (1995), Ransom (1996), Lethal Weapon 4 (1998), and The Thomas Crown Affair (1999).
In 1954, the world population was approximately 2,685,894,860 people[†]