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State Dept repts US customs officials inspect French ship Wyoming at Panama Canal on suspicion of carrying unlisted weapons; CR urges study by foreign mins conf on Guatemala situation; Dept welcomes move
17 Nationalist leaders indicted, NYC, for conspiracy to destroy US Govt by force; action stems from Mar 1 shooting in US House of Reprs; those named include 4 House assailants, 2 jailed in NYC for contempt, 4 arrested by FBI in NYC, 6 in Chicago and 1 in Ponce, PR; Chicago group held on $25,000 bonds
TWU joint exec bd approves strike; Quill and lawyers study Condon-Wadlin Act application; may seek ct test; to oppose injunction on ground that NYCTA has refused to bargain; 1 labor source says TWU can challenge Act on grounds it discriminates between NYCTA employes and private cos' employes on right to strike though both perform same type of work; Dewey reptd studying crisis
Sen subcom dismisses charges against him, eliminating him as principal in Army-Sen McCarthy dispute hearings
nurse illus visiting Dienbienphu wounded, Hanoi
1954Pauline Hanson, Australian businesswoman, activist, and politician[†]
Pauline Lee Hanson is an Australian politician who is the founder and leader of One Nation, a right-wing populist political party. Hanson has represented Queensland in the Australian Senate since the 2016 federal election.
1954Jackie Slater, American football player and coach[†]
Jackie Ray Slater, nicknamed "Big Bad Jackie", is an American former professional football player who was an offensive tackle for 20 seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He played his entire career with the Rams franchise: 19 seasons in Los Angeles, from 1976 to 1994, and one game in St. Louis in 1995. Slater holds the record amongst all offensive linemen who have played the most seasons with one franchise.
In 1954, the world population was approximately 2,685,894,860 people[†]