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April 4, 1954

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Headlines from April 4, 1954

ANNUITY TAXATION IS SET FOR REVISION; House Measure Proposes Life Expectancy Basis in Place of 3% Rule

By Godfrey N. Nelson

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PROGRAM TO PASS, NIXON FORECASTS; He Flies to Detroit to Spark Ferguson's Re-Election Bid -- Defends Global Policy

By Special to The New York Times

dinner, Detroit, opens Sen Ferguson re-election campaign; Vice Pres Nixon s; Eisenhower message; Dems seen choosing B Moody

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FIND, 3-2, OUTRUNS COUNT CAIN EASILY IN RICH EXCELSIOR; Favorite Carries Vanderbilt Silks to 3 1/2-Length Victory in Handicap at Jamaica

By Frank M. Blunk

Find, Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt's 4-year-old Discovery gelding, won the forty-seventh running of the mile-and-a-sixteeth Excelsior Handicap at the Jamaica Race Track yesterday.

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AUTO MAKERS GIRD FOR LONG CONTEST; Explore Every Possibility of Cutting Production Costs in Era of Competition

By Unknown Author

mfrs gear output to demand; study mfg cost cuts

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Museum Housing Eisenhower's Mementos Opened Near Abilene Home; MUSEUM TO HONOR EISENHOWER OPEN

By Special to The New York Times

Museum opened by Dr M S Eisenhower; exhibits described; illus

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Historical Context for April 4, 1954

In 1954, the world population was approximately 2,685,894,860 people^[†]