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Lt Gen Won Yong Duk threatens undisclosed action against Czech and Polish NNSC members unless they quit SK immediately; hints at espionage; says truce terms no longer apply; says comm was never allowed to function in NK
To be Tunisian Resident Gen
debate on Sen Flanders motion to censure McCarthy begins; McCarthy reptdly recd anon phone call threatening his life
heat to continue; new heat wave record predicted
1,200 pilots strike Amer over 8-hr issue; effects; Sayen, Smith comment
1954Derek Smith, Canadian ice hockey player[†]
Derek Robert Smith is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who played in the National Hockey League with the Buffalo Sabres and Detroit Red Wings between 1975 and 1983. He was selected by the Sabres in the 1974 NHL Amateur Draft.
1954Onofre Marimón, Argentine race car driver (born 1923)[†]
Onofre Agustín Marimón was an Argentine racing driver, who competed in Formula One at 12 Grands Prix between 1951 and 1954.
In 1954, the world population was approximately 2,685,894,860 people[†]