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US air mail stamp dedication ceremony, Washington, disrupted as Arab diplomats walk out to protest speaker Rabbi Salit ref to 'murders by Jordanians'; he and US officials seek to mollify Arabs
Sec Wilson and Min Claxton rept plans to speed new Far North early warning net; Wilson repts that Cs/S of both countries approved program last Nov; net, far north of Pinetree Chain, to warn of craft over Polar Cap; to extend across NE and NW seaward approaches to N Amer; some scientists favor extending Pinetree Chain; McGill Univ-developed McGill Fence project and MIT-sponsored Project Lincoln recalled; problems noted
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Sen Knowland says Cong is reluctant to set aid until allies back Dulles plan for united action against Communists in Indo-China and pending Geneva conf on Korean war and Indo-China; backed by Sens Mansfield, Wiley and McCarran; Sen Fulbright opposes using aid to 'bargain,'
Wilson announces new policy on security risks in mil forces, Armed Services Com; puts mil personnel under same gen security risk standards as civilian employes; known Communists not to be drafted or accepted as volunteers; those who invoke 5th Amendment and refuse to answer personnel form queries on alleged subversive activities not to be accepted as volunteers; draftees who invoke 5th Amendment to be retained in nonsensitive assignments in lowest enlisted grade pending probe; discharges other than honorable to be given to those whose service would be 'inconsistent' with natl security; Wilson says changes will bar repetition of previous mistakes; Sens Kefauver, Cooper see inadequate appeals machinery; Wilson opposes their proposals for judicial rev outside Defense Dept; Cooper fears possibility of making mil personnel 'snoop' on one another; Wilson discounts fear; security criteria listed; Wilson, Cooper illus
1954Ken Kalfus, American journalist and author[†]
Ken Kalfus is an American author and journalist. Three of his books have been named New York Times Notable Books of the Year.
1954Dennis Quaid, American actor[†]
Dennis William Quaid is an American actor. He is known for his starring roles in Breaking Away (1979), The Right Stuff (1983), The Big Easy (1986), Innerspace (1987), Great Balls of Fire! (1989), Dragonheart (1996), The Parent Trap (1998), Frequency (2000), The Rookie (2002), The Day After Tomorrow (2004), In Good Company (2004), Flight of the Phoenix (2004), Yours, Mine & Ours (2005), and Vantage Point (2008). Quaid received a Golden Globe Award nomination for Far from Heaven (2002).
1954Iain Duncan Smith, British soldier and politician, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions[†]
Sir George Iain Duncan Smith, often referred to by his initials IDS, is a British politician who was Leader of the Conservative Party and Leader of the Opposition from 2001 to 2003. He was Secretary of State for Work and Pensions from 2010 to 2016. He has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Chingford and Woodford Green, formerly Chingford, since 1992.
In 1954, the world population was approximately 2,685,894,860 people[†]