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US ready to announce $100-million loan; US Export-Import Bank to be agent; Monnet hopes loan plus expected $60 million from production levies by '55 will create pool for low-interest loans to Plan enterprises; Plan officials told US conferees of expanded internatl trade under Plan
FBI repts 1.2% decline, '53
Dulles discusses problems with Cong leaders; reptdly says US intervention is not imminent or under consideration; Jenner opposes sending troops; Bridges, Ferguson comment
Atlantic City Mayor Altman urges Cong to retain rider; cites Coliseum as abuse of Fed slum clearance funds
Dewey holds only NY has effective controls, radio-TV s; compares rises since '40 with other areas
1954Ebiet G. Ade, Indonesian singer-songwriter and guitarist[†]
Abid Ghoffar bin Aboe Dja’far, better known as Ebiet G. Ade is an Indonesian singer-songwriter and guitarist of Javanese descent.
1954James Morrison, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter[†]
James Paige Morrison is an American actor best known for his portrayal of CTU Director Bill Buchanan on 24.
1954Mike Wingfield, South African academic and scientist[†]
Michael John Wingfield is a South African academic and scientist who studies plant pathology and biological control. He was the founding director of the Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute, University of Pretoria. Wingfield has authored or co-authored over 1,000 scientific publications and is considered a leading expert in the field of forest health and invasive species. He has received numerous awards and honours throughout his career, including Harry Oppenheimer Fellowship Award and John Herschel Medal, the highest accolade from the Royal Society of South Africa. He is also a Fellow of the Royal Society of South Africa and the African Academy of Sciences. Wingfield has had several fungi named after him.
1954Emil Leon Post, Polish-American mathematician and logician (born 1897)[†]
Emil Leon Post was an American mathematician and logician. He is best known for his work in the field that eventually became known as computability theory.
In 1954, the world population was approximately 2,685,894,860 people[†]