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In 1954, the world population was approximately 2,685,894,860 people[†]
1954Louise Erdrich, American novelist and poet[†]
Karen Louise Erdrich is an American author of novels, poetry, and children's books featuring Native American characters and settings. She is an enrolled citizen of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians of North Dakota, a federally recognized Ojibwe people.
1954Alan Turing, English mathematician and computer scientist (born 1912)[†]
Alan Mathison Turing was an English mathematician, computer scientist, logician, cryptanalyst, philosopher and theoretical biologist. He was highly influential in the development of theoretical computer science, providing a formalisation of the concepts of algorithm and computation with the Turing machine, which can be considered a model of a general-purpose computer. Turing is widely considered to be the father of theoretical computer science.
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control of Cheops find taken from el Malakh by Min Mohammed Awad, given to com of 3 Egyptologists, Prof Abu Bakr, M Z Noor and Saad, and 2 architects, el Malakh and his supervisor M Mahdi; Abu Bakr chmn; el Malakh lowest-ranking member; barred from continuing excavations; Abu Bakr orders 2-3-mo delay in entering corridor; opposed by el Malakh; disputes Ricke theory that Khefren built ships; architects-Egyptologists rivalry in Antiquities Dept discussed
7th Av made 1-way southbound, 8th Av northbound; illus; Columbus Circle and other trouble spots noted; NYC Omnibus to integrate 7th and 8th Av services; Surface Transportation Co shifts operations; Wiley on remaining problems
Buu Loc arrives, Saigon; lauds treaties; repts plans for reorgn of munic and communal councils
slight shift in Communist stand averts early halt in conf; Smith cancels fishing trip; Allies skeptical
Reston repts AEC grants Oppenheimer right to file brief but rejects bid to argue case before AEC; says Nichols told Garrison and Davis he could not permit argument without giving same privilege to all other cases; Oppenheimer brief outlined; AEC denies hearing procedures unfair to Oppenheimer; says some documents were withheld because they were from FBI files or used to test his veracity; denies 'presenting' case before Oppenheimer appeared; says panel merely examined documents; challenges some statements in NY Times rev (Je 6,IV, 1:6); denies Strauss ordered probe on July 7 '53; says he initiated that day steps to remove AEC documents from Oppenheimer custody; persons in Princeton deny documents were removed during July; say some were taken earlier; AEC denies taking Oppenheimer file to White House; Reston learns FBI took it; AEC sources say Oppenheimer, not Strauss, 1st mentioned alternative of resigning or facing hearings; Amer Scientists Fed officers urge Eisenhower rev security system; open lr; warn of case effects on scientists; signers include W Davis, W H Higinbotham, Drs Livingston and Franck
French cross Day River to push rebels 6 mi back from Phuly; continue bombing of rebels moving to Hanoi; map; Ely and Salan leave Paris
status of funds bills
Pope inaugurates Eurovision with telecast from Vatican; illus; urges networks be selective in programs; hails TV; 44 transmitters, over 80 relay stations used; total viewers put at 8-20 million; tech transmission problems noted; 17 more programs planned for summer; Brit reception of Swiss and Ital broadcasts reptd clear; illus
Amer States Orgn (OAS) seen meeting by end of mo on Guatemala issue, reptdly in Montevideo; speculation; Latin-Amer views and reluctance on meeting noted
troops of 8 free nations revd, Utah Beach; Coty accepts Eisenhower torch from Gerow; Eisenhower message read by Amb Lodge; flag-raising illus
US Cong fear of Japanese need for wider market linked with Cong Repubs stand against Reciprocal Trade Act renewal; Repr Kean backs concessions to Japan
Chicago Tribune makes pub reptd transcript of Stevens Oct 21 phone call to Schine, monitored at Pentagon; Stevens told Schine that when drafted he would be employed so that his special knowledge would be of benefit to Army and to himself, that there was no way of avoiding basic training, that Stevens discussed matter with Wilson; McCarthy renews demand Symington step down; Mundt on Symington-Stevens phone talks; Dworshak comment, int; McCarthy to ask subcom to get Rogers and Clifford testimony; calls Symington-Stevens-Clifford exchs 'fantastic'; Schine reptd no longer at Ft Myers but in Jenkins 'custody'; Potter doubts subcom will ever find truth in certain areas, int; urges reappraisal of issues; Dirksen mail reptd heavy, with few lrs backing Symington