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In 1954, the world population was approximately 2,685,894,860 people[†]
1954Ray Bright, Australian cricketer[†]
Raymond James Bright is a former Australian Test and One Day International cricketer from Victoria. He was a left arm spin bowler and right handed lower order batsman who captained Victoria for a number of seasons. He was also an Australian vice-captain.
1954Louise Mandrell, American singer-songwriter and actress[†]
Thelma Louise Mandrell is an American country music singer. She is the younger sister of fellow country singer Barbara Mandrell, and older sister of musician Irlene Mandrell. Louise had a successful singing career in country music from the 1970s, with a string of hits during the 1980s.
1954Frida Kahlo, Mexican painter and educator (born 1907)[†]
Magdalena Carmen Frida Kahlo y Calderón was a Mexican painter known for her many portraits, self-portraits, and works inspired by the nature and artifacts of Mexico. Inspired by the country's popular culture, she employed a naïve folk art style to explore questions of identity, postcolonialism, gender, class, and race in Mexican society. Her paintings often had strong autobiographical elements and mixed realism with fantasy. In addition to belonging to the post-revolutionary Mexicayotl movement, which sought to define a Mexican identity, Kahlo has been described as a surrealist or magical realist. She is also known for painting about her experience of chronic pain.
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French repel attacks N of Hungyen; heavy losses, both sides; rebels harass rds and small posts NW and NE of Hanoi; French rept Chinese step up aid to rebels; rebels claim capture of Sontay; map
Com and Council meet
Churchill stresses that GB pursues her own policy on settlement but hopes to get US and others to underwrite peace pact, s to Commons on Washington conf; stresses world crisis if there is not settlement
S Sarner refuses to answer questions under 5th Amendment; McKenna identifies G I Marcus, atty for Sarner and R Solow as partner in their project; Marcus refuses to answer questions; maybe in contempt of Sen; Marcus scores com handling of probe; G M Berne testifies his FHA-insured loan exceeded cost of Rockaway Crest project, NYC, by $1,370,000 besides $1-million profit on separate land transaction; repts there was 'common understanding' a bldr would get excess profit and FHA knew of this; testifies on dealings with G Grace, bro of ousted FHA NYS dir T Grace; F C Trump admits NYC Beach Haven Apts cost far less than his loan but holds this was due to business factors; scores FHA for repts that he made $3 1/2-4-million windfall
JERSEY CITY, July 12 -- Frank Hague, who once proclaimed "I am the law," found the law waiting for him today in the form of process servers. The papers were served on him at the funeral of his nephew and political protege, City Commissioner Frank Hague Eggers.
C Murchison and S Richardson plan to buy 6 big tracks to operate for benefit of underprivileged boys; 2 Chicago tracks refused to sell
Tompkins says NYS law does not cover professional solicitors in NYC Midtown area; says they are licensed by NYC; holds Comr McCarthy hamstrung by City Council; urges passage of Keegan bill to bar licenses to orgns that spend over 40% of income in fund raising; Sokol says many solicit in name of orgns inc as religious insts; Tompkins com to probe blanket exemption for religious orgns
Sen com approves $3.1 billion and Fulbright proposal to restrict cuts on aid to France and Italy to fiscal '55 funds; acts after pleas by Dulles, Under Sec Smith, Amb Bruce and Gruenther; Wiley and H A Smith comment; com approves Mansfield proposal to close down FOA June 30 '55 and timetable for liquidating econ aid by '56 and mil aid by '57; approves barring aid to nations participating in Locarno-type pact
Dulles, after urgent appeal from Mendes-France, leaves for talks in Paris with latter and Eden; says trip does not imply US role in Geneva conf; hopes conf will result in coordinated action
conf marks time with news of Dulles trip to Paris; French and Brit believe Paris talks will prepare way for decisive conf developments; Eden and Chou return to Geneva; Amb Johnson to brief Dulles before Paris conf; Eden and Molotov agree not to hold sessions for several days to permit private meetings; Mendes-France and Eden illus
Eisenhower's proposed 4-point multi-billion dollar modernization program to be undertaken jointly by Fed and state govts outlined by Vice Pres Nixon, Govs Conf; $50 billion seen enough for program start; increased Fed aid to states noted; Eisenhower recalls rds of '19; some Govs score Fed aid to states in financing bldg; want more state and less Fed control over planning and bldg; Conf still wants Fed gasoline tax ended so states can raise own gasoline levies; proposes Govt, to compensate for tax loss, end Fed grants-in-aid to states; other proposals
Prince Buu Loc in Paris to resume post as Vietnam High Comr