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Hosps Bd recommends funds set for new projects be used to raise salaries instead; suggests at least $150 a yr
France and Vietnam sign joint declaration of agreement for 'total independence' of Vietnam; Laniel signs for France, Vice Premier Nguyen Trung Vinh for Vietnam; move reptd intended to satisfy US; French officials hold signing ends friction between Bao Dai and French; drafting of 2 treaties nears completion; Under Sec Jacquet to conf with Bao Dai, Cannes
Atty Gen Brownell outlines Adm anti-monopoly policy, s, NYC; pledges constructive, simplified moves to aid competition
J J Muccio, career diplomat of highest rank, seen facing Cong opposition in any future apptmt requiring Sen approval; opposition originates with Reprs Scott and Latham '50 trip to Korea and int there with Muccio, then Amb there, when he is reptd to have said that US was 'fighting aggression in Korea, not communism'; Scott is reptd to have told then Sec Acheson who denied accusation, and to have told Sen Bridges and other Sens; Truman Adm high regard for Muccio noted; State Dept now seeking to work out agreement with Cong on him; his present assignment is on CZ treaty renegotiations; his name recently eliminated from consideration for Near East post; por
USSR spokesman repts Bidault wants Dienbienphu wounded evacuation settled before discussing conf participants; French rept on Bidault-Molotov exch differences; see USSR adding pressure on Bidault to agree to Vietminh participation; Bao Dai decision on Vietminh participation awaited; Bidault and Molotov dine
1954Mo Brooks, American attorney and politician[†]
Morris Jackson Brooks Jr. is an American attorney and politician who served as the U.S. representative for Alabama's 5th congressional district from 2011 to 2023. His district was based in Huntsville and stretches across the northern fifth of the state. A member of the Republican Party, Brooks was a founding member of the Freedom Caucus.
1954Jerry Seinfeld, American comedian, actor and producer[†]
Jerome Allen Seinfeld is an American stand-up comedian, actor, writer, filmmaker, and television producer specializing in observational comedy. Seinfeld gained stardom playing a semi-fictionalized version of himself in the NBC sitcom Seinfeld (1989–1998), which he co-created and wrote with Larry David. Seinfeld earned a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy in 1995. The show is one of the most acclaimed and popular sitcoms of all time. He has since created and produced the reality series The Marriage Ref (2010–2011), and created and hosted the web series Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee (2012–2019), the latter of which earned him three Webby Awards. He also co-produced, co-wrote, and starred in the DreamWorks animated film Bee Movie (2007) and the Netflix comedy Unfrosted (2024).
In 1954, the world population was approximately 2,685,894,860 people[†]