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The restrictive trade winds from Washington have brought gloom and uncertainty to the importing field.
M H Isenberg and B Haskell rept rising demand; put yrly rise at 10% until '64
by Forrest
ARRANGEMENTS were completed last week for an airlift in two laps that will transport the Old Vic production of "A Midsummer Night's Dream" from Britain for its opening at the Metropolitan Opera House here on Sept. 21.
AS usual, this writer guessed wrongly in picking a vacation month this year. What look like the two best pictures of the summer popped up in July, which was just the month we figured would be the least replete with high- grade films.
1954Nick Holtam, English bishop[†]
Nicholas Roderick Holtam is a retired bishop of the Church of England. He served as Bishop of Salisbury from 2011 until his retirement in 2021.
In 1954, the world population was approximately 2,685,894,860 people[†]