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announces SK will send reprs to Geneva conf
AFL pres Meany seeks settlement of Teamsters and Ry & SS Clerks fight for control of 13,000 Ry Express drivers, helpers and garage attendants; dispute revd
Dulles silent on Nixon s; Sens Douglas and Kefauver urge Eisenhower tell Cong US position and intentions, TV int; Sen Flanders, Repr Judd comment; Repr Vorys holds US should now weigh use of air and naval power, radio-TV debate; Repr Price comments; Sen Gore holds Pres must clarify policies, int
G Cowles repts Iowa better off than many other farm states
parade described; illus; carnival spirit nearly absent; crowd put at 1/2 million; comment on unusual fashions
1954Trevor Francis, English footballer and manager (died 2023)[†]
Trevor John Francis was an English footballer who played as a forward for a number of clubs in England, the United States, Italy, Scotland and Australia. In 1979 he became Britain's first £1 million player following his transfer from Birmingham City to Nottingham Forest. He scored the winning goal for Forest in the 1979 European Cup final against Malmö. He won the European Cup again with the club the following year. At international level, he played for England 52 times between 1976 and 1986, scoring 12 goals, and played at the 1982 FIFA World Cup.
In 1954, the world population was approximately 2,685,894,860 people[†]