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Condition improves; he comments on Moscow prayer for him; service illus; message from Pres Rhee
Mrs A E Meyer scores McCarthy and followers, s, NEA conv
Eisenhower takes responsibility for initiating action against Oppenheimer, news conf; would listen to appeal; will not say whether US is now safer; events leading to suspension outlined
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House, 260-125, authorizes $3,368,608,000, fiscal '55; approves barring aid to nations participating in Locarno-type pact, and Richards amendment barring aid to Eur enterprises of nations not ratifying EDC; stipulates 10% of aid must be loans, that $ 1/2 billion must be used for US farm surplus removal; aid breakdown; $800 million for Indochina war, $13 million for mil aid to Latin Amer, $241,300,000 for Korean rehabilitation included; authorization is $109 million less than requested; seen victory for Eisenhower; Dem backing decisive
1954Keith Whitley, American singer and guitarist (died 1989)[†]
Jackie Keith Whitley was an American country music and bluegrass singer and songwriter. During his career, he released only two albums, but charted 12 singles on the Billboard country charts, and seven more after his death.
1954Hossein Nuri, Iranian artist and director[†]
Hossein Nuri is an Iranian painter, playwright and film director. One of Nuri's pre-eminent characteristics is that despite his physical limitations he has gained professional acclaim in three fields of painting, theater, and cinema.
In 1954, the world population was approximately 2,685,894,860 people[†]