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USSR repts that after consultations with Communist China it accepts Western plan to hold conf in Palais des Nations bldg, memo to Bohlen; speculation on link to Dulles charges; Tass rept seen aimed at refuting charges of stalling and of USSR-China split
Assembly, 95-47, passes bill to broaden Comr Monaghan powers; Dems and labor leaders opposition cited; provisions
NYC parade; Mayor Wagner grand marshal; illus
Pres cites people's fear of unwise investigators, news conf
11 Israelis killed as 2 Arabs with sub-machine guns ambush bus in Scorpion Pass near Beersheba; 4-5 survive; map; Israel asks armistice comm start probe at once; 1 of survivors int; Knesset com gets rept; Israeli Cabinet meeting called; Israel charges Syrians fired on Israeli shepherds near Tel Katzir; none hurt; Lebanese Min Nacache repts Israeli troops withdrawn from Syrian and Lebanese borders; Jordan again rejects Hammarskjold bid for confs with Israel
1954Walter Mead, English cricketer (born 1868)[†]
Walter Mead was the principal bowler for Essex during their first two decades as a first-class county. As a member of the Lord’s ground staff, he was also after J.T. Hearne the most important bowler for MCC and Ground, who in those days played quite a number of first-class matches.
In 1954, the world population was approximately 2,685,894,860 people[†]