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CIO pres Reuther and others see retreat from liberalization in Eisenhower order raising duty on Swiss watches
House tentatively rejects bigger cuts; backs Stassen, Halleck and Taber appeals against Davis move to cut Far East mil funds; rejects Passman move to recommit bill, Andersen and Bentley moves to cut aid to India, Javits move to raise it, Vorys move to restore UN tech funds, Feighan move to exclude Yugoslavia from Eur mil funds, and Budge move to limit spending
Sec Eden announces pact to Conservative party foreign affairs com; pledges Commons debate; Conservative rebels seen voting against pact; criticism seen centering on proviso for base maintenance by private contractors
lr urges preparedness
Marion II (fishing boat) and Nyhaug (freighter): collide in fog off Pt Pleasant Beach, NJ; 12 aboard Marion II safe; illus
1954Hugo Chávez, Venezuelan colonel and politician, President of Venezuela (died 2013)[†]
Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías was a Venezuelan politician, revolutionary, and military officer who served as the 52nd president of Venezuela from 1999 until his death in 2013, except for a brief period of forty-seven hours in 2002. Chávez was also leader of the Fifth Republic Movement political party from its foundation in 1997 until 2007, when it merged with several other parties to form the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), which he led until 2012.
1954Gerd Faltings, German mathematician and academic[†]
Gerd Faltings is a German mathematician known for his work in arithmetic geometry. He was awarded the Fields Medal in 1986 for his proofs of the Mordell Conjecture and several related conjectures.
1954Steve Morse, American singer-songwriter and guitarist[†]
Steve J. Morse is an American guitarist and songwriter. A seven-time Grammy nominee, he is best known as the founder of the Dixie Dregs and as the longest serving guitarist for Deep Purple. Morse also enjoyed a successful solo career and was a member of the group Kansas in the mid-1980s. Most recently, Morse became a member of the supergroup Flying Colors.
1954Mikey Sheehy, Irish footballer[†]
Michael Sheehy is an Irish Gaelic football selector and former player. His league and championship career at senior level with the Kerry county team spanned fifteen seasons from 1973 to 1988.
In 1954, the world population was approximately 2,685,894,860 people[†]