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Wagner to make NYS failure to give NYC 'fair financial treatment' gubernatorial election issue, lr to Dewey; sends booklet of Beame repts on NYS officials repts; again asks power to issue serial bonds for judgments and claims
Blowgun darts, quiver, gourd from Peruvian Indian tribes exhibit stolen; museum warns dart may be poisonous
Wagner pledges to curb violence and provide police protection for those returning to work; says he will seek state or Fed aid if necessary, reply to Meany demand; further ILA-AFL clashes, Bklyn, Newark and Jersey City, occur; NLRB examiner ends election hearing; Shipping Assn chmn J V Lyon asks Pres Eisenhower act; trucking indus appeals to Atty Gen Brownell; ILA pickets NY Mirror
At White House luncheon
Eden elected pres of Natl Union of Conservative and Unionist Assns replacing Marquess of Salisbury; move seen assuring leadership of Conservative party; speculation on Churchill retirement
1954Cho Kwang-rae, South Korean footballer, coach, and manager[†]
Cho Kwang-rae is a former South Korean football midfielder and manager. He is the current director of Daegu FC.
1954Scott May, American basketball player[†]
Scott Glenn May is an American former professional basketball player. As a college player at Indiana University, May led the Hoosiers to an undefeated record and national championship in the 1975–76 season. He was a two-time first-team All-American and was named the national player of the year in his senior season. May also won a gold medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics.
In 1954, the world population was approximately 2,685,894,860 people[†]