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Apptd to AEC special panel to hear security charges against Dr Oppenheimer
PBA pres Carton asks 15% rise, 5-day, 40-4r wk and other benefits, budget hearing
Malik says Arabs would agree to gen debate if Council 1st adopts resolution condemning Israel for Nahhalin raid; West seen backing resolution but may not agree to do so beforehand
new Vietnamese war Cabinet orders 1st mobilization of all 20-25-yr-old males, retains everyone now in mil service, sets up curbs to combat desertions and mil exemptions; French, in all-night battle, push rebels from E side of main defense line, Dienbienphu; French airfield remains unserviceable; supply drops continue; French B-26 releasing bombs illus; Gen Nguyen Van Hinh summoned to Paris for talks on Vietnamese Army
Benson sees Pres veto of any bill extending rigid supports, news conf
1954Samuel Jones, American high jumper (born 1880)[†]
Samuel Symington Jones was an American athlete who competed mainly in the high jump. He competed for the United States in the 1904 Summer Olympics held in St Louis, United States in the high jump where he won the gold medal.
1954Angus Lewis Macdonald, Canadian lawyer and politician, 12th Premier of Nova Scotia (born 1890)[†]
Angus Lewis Macdonald, popularly known as 'Angus L.', was a Canadian lawyer, law professor and politician from Nova Scotia. He served as the Liberal premier of Nova Scotia from 1933 to 1940, when he became the federal minister of defence for naval services. He oversaw the creation of an effective Canadian navy and Allied convoy service during World War II. After the war, he returned to Nova Scotia to become premier again. In the election of 1945, his Liberals returned to power while their main rivals, the Conservatives, failed to win a single seat. The Liberal rallying cry, "All's Well With Angus L.," was so effective that the Conservatives despaired of ever beating Macdonald. He died in office in 1954.
In 1954, the world population was approximately 2,685,894,860 people[†]