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Assembly, 419-47, approves Mendes-France as Premier after he pledges to seek Indo-China peace by July 20; Communists back him despite his rejection of their vote; he gets required majority without them; outlines program; pledges to seek separate mandates on Indo-China, econ and EDC policies
House, 360-19, votes to send Adm bill to conf without restricting conferees; Repr Spence backs, Reprs Colmer, Taber, Dies oppose move; Repub House leader Halleck forces withdrawal of Repr Smith motion to bar compromise on pub housing
Eisenhower directs AEC to contract with private power groups to replace elec power that TVA now delivers to Paducah atomic plant; Cong Dems charge Adm tries to block TVA development to promote private power
Kress signatures studied; Margetts denies Alexander summoned him; says he came voluntarily; Sen Anton starts audit of Saints and Sinners accts
Brownell scores McCarthy on right to secret data, s, Natl Ed Assn; opposes his proposal to examine loyalty bd
1954Carlos Castillo Armas leads an invasion force across the Guatemalan border, setting in motion the 1954 Guatemalan coup d'état.[†]
Carlos Castillo Armas was a Guatemalan military officer and politician who was the 28th president of Guatemala, serving from 1954 to 1957 after taking power in a coup d'état. A member of the far-right National Liberation Movement (MLN) party, his authoritarian government was closely allied with the United States.
In 1954, the world population was approximately 2,685,894,860 people[†]