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Bidault seen under added pressure after challenge to French Cabinet; Under Sec Jacquet arrives from Paris; confs with Bidault; Nguyen Trung Vinh, chief of Bao Dai delegation, arrives; Communist China will demand admission of reprs from Communist govts in Laos and Cambodia
McClellan calls on Justice Dept to examine hearings transcript to determine whether crime was committed by McCarthy in accepting material classified as confidential as well as by man who gave it to him; Symington urges effort to find informer; Army regulations and Pres orders violated in transmission of document cited; Jenkins calls press conf to defend ruling that McCarthy was justified in withholding source; McClellan illus
House, 241-158, authorizes US to join Canada in bldg Seaway, thus ending 50 yrs of controversy over issue; Pres Eisenhower satisfied; Repr Halleck led Adm forces in defeating Brownson amendment; bill differs from Sen-approved legis only slightly; Sen Ferguson sees ready acceptance of House version by Sen; map shows extent of Seaway and varying water levels in project
Dulles reptdly discusses plans with Cong leaders; Reston comment; clarifies rumor that GB reneged on plan
Sen L B Johnson charges Amer foreign policy suffered 'stunning reversal'; Dulles to rept to Amer people
1954Amy Heckerling, American director, producer, and screenwriter[†]
Amy Heckerling is an American writer, producer, and director. Heckerling started out her career after graduating from New York University and entering the American Film Institute, making small student films. Heckerling is a recipient of AFI's Franklin J. Schaffner Alumni Medal celebrating her creative talents and artistic achievements. She struggled to break out into big films up until the release of her breakout film Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982).
1954Indochina War: The Battle of Dien Bien Phu ends in a French defeat and a Viet Minh victory (the battle began on March 13).[†]
The First Indochina War was fought in Indochina between France and the Việt Minh, and their respective allies, from 19 December 1946 until 1 August 1954. The Việt Minh was led by Võ Nguyên Giáp and Hồ Chí Minh. The conflict mainly happened in Vietnam.
In 1954, the world population was approximately 2,685,894,860 people[†]