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PARIS, April 16 -- President Eisenhower's message guaranteeing the maintenance of United States forces in Europe was received today with greatest satisfaction in French official circles. The French said its terms were even stronger than those contained in the agreement with Britain.
French hold off rebels; rebels blow up more of airstrip; French planes hit troops and supply bases; rebels bring entrenchments up to barbed wire of some French defense points; US carriers reptd to have left Tonkin Gulf area
Orangeburg Mfg Co: 2 get $32,000 payroll
Easter travel from NYC curbed by heavy fog
Cole repts probe inspired by FBI rept of official's gambling losses; repts FHA gen counsel Bovard 'put on leave' after refusing to resign; promises more removals; calls meeting of key officials aiding probe; repts Deputy Admr McKenna's probe shows laxity and misuse of FHA ins; appts L Condon to head McKenna staff; repts probe grew from rev of FHA he began on taking office; sees prosecutions and full cleanup soon; Dir Schultz lists loans for FHA-insured apt projects, NYC area
1954Riccardo Patrese, Italian race car driver[†]
Riccardo Gabriele Patrese is an Italian former racing driver, who competed in Formula One from 1977 to 1993. Patrese was runner-up in the Formula One World Drivers' Championship in 1992 with Williams, and won six Grands Prix across 17 seasons.
1954Roddy Piper, Canadian professional wrestler and actor (died 2015)[†]
Roderick George Toombs, better known as "Rowdy" Roddy Piper, was a Canadian professional wrestler and actor.
1954Michael Sembello, American singer-songwriter and guitarist[†]
Michael Andrew Sembello is an American singer, guitarist, keyboardist, songwriter, composer and producer from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
1954Lucrețiu Pătrășcanu, Romanian lawyer and politician, Romanian Minister of Justice (born 1900)[†]
Lucrețiu Pătrășcanu was a Romanian communist politician and leading member of the Communist Party of Romania (PCR), also noted for his activities as a lawyer, sociologist and economist. For a while, he was a professor at the University of Bucharest. Pătrășcanu rose to a government position before the end of World War II and, after having disagreed with Stalinist tenets on several occasions, eventually came into conflict with the Romanian Communist government of Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej. He became a political prisoner and was ultimately executed. Fourteen years after Pătrășcanu's death, Romania's new communist leader, Nicolae Ceaușescu, endorsed his rehabilitation as part of a change in policy.
In 1954, the world population was approximately 2,685,894,860 people[†]