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NYS Dem Chmn Balch, NYC Mayor Wagner and Tammany leader DeSapio conf on including plank for legalized bingo in Dem state platform; NJ Gov Meyner at 1 conf; statewide pub opinion polls planned
Pres Eisenhower s, Charlotte, NC
Appellate Div, 3-2, reverses M Jelke compulsory prostitution conviction on grounds that exclusion of press and pub from trial by Judge F L Valente violated defendant's rights; holds evidence submitted at trial was sufficient for conviction; Dist Atty Hogan to appeal
Sen (Capehart) com to frame law, to force bldrs to return any part of loan over 90% of bldg costs
Legis member proposes Legis special session to plan Const amendments to let Gov Talmadge succeed self
1954Rick Cerone, American baseball player and sportscaster[â ]
Richard Aldo Cerone is an American former professional baseball player, television sports color commentator and minor league baseball team owner. He played in Major League Baseball as a catcher from 1975 to 1992 with the Cleveland Indians, Toronto Blue Jays, New York Yankees, Atlanta Braves, Milwaukee Brewers, Boston Red Sox, New York Mets, and Montreal Expos.
1954Lena Einhorn, Swedish director, writer and physician[â ]
Lena Einhorn is a Swedish director and writer and former physician.
1954HÅchÅ« Åtsuka, Japanese voice actor[â ]
HÅchÅ« Åtsuka is a Japanese voice actor and narrator affiliated with the talent management firm Crazy Box.
1954Phil Rudd, Australian-New Zealand drummer[â ]
Phillip Hugh Norman Rudd is an Australian musician, best known as the drummer of AC/DC across three stints. On the 1977 departure of bass guitarist Mark Evans from AC/DC, Rudd became the only Australian-born member of the band. In 2003, he entered the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame along with the other members of AC/DC. In 2014, Rudd released his first solo album, Head Job. Due to ongoing legal problems in New Zealand, where he is a resident, Rudd was unable to join the band for the 2015 Rock or Bust World Tour and was replaced by Chris Slade. On 30 September 2020, AC/DC confirmed that Rudd would be rejoining the band for their comeback album Power Up.
1954Charles Ives, American composer and educator (born 1874)[â ]
Charles Edward Ives was an American modernist composer, actuary and businessman. Ives was among the earliest renowned American composers to achieve recognition on a global scale. His music was largely ignored during his early career, and many of his works went unperformed for many years. Later in life, the quality of his music was publicly recognized through the efforts of contemporaries like Henry Cowell and Lou Harrison, and he came to be regarded as an "American original". He was also among the first composers to engage in a systematic program of experimental music, with musical techniques including polytonality, polyrhythm, tone clusters, aleatory elements, and quarter tones. His experimentation foreshadowed many musical innovations that were later more widely adopted during the 20th century. Hence, he is often regarded as the leading American composer of art music of the 20th century.
In 1954, the world population was approximately 2,685,894,860 people[â ]