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Wagner, in TV int, says he urged larger force before his election; lauds Adams efforts
Burke repts NYC will press suit and will start new test of RR Redevelopment Corp Law const; holds reorgn plan misleads pub; revs NYC objections; asks Wyer to reveal co's financial outlook; Golub scores NYC opposition; Balch scores Dewey role; McKeown sees co able to continue raising fares; challenges rr execs or Nassau Repubs to debate; issue seen paramount in fall election; Goodfellow repts bids to be sought on new cars
US grants asylum; he makes 1st pub appearance in unusual State Dept press conf; press sec Suydam stresses conf not linked to Dr John's, E Ger; Amb Zaroubin refuses bid to conf with Under Sec Smith and bars sending aide; rejection seen 1 of moat unusual affronts in US history; US offers to let Zaroubin int Rastovorov; he reads statement saying he wanted 'decent life'; repts being taken to US right after defection; discusses role in Japan; says he recd no data from US mil personnel but did get data from Japanese in pub office; biog sketch; por; Japan repts several US natls linked to Rastovorov's spying; protests way US removed him; US apologizes
Sen approves temporary $6-billion rise, unanimous voice vote; Byrd urges Sen cut spending to make another rise unnecessary; says nation is mortgaged to hilt; Sens Millikin, George not optimistic
tri-partite arbitration bd awards 5¢-an-hr pay rise retroactive to Dec 16 to 80,000 locomotive engineers; rejects demand for percentage rise based on skill and responsibility; approves other benefits; BLE chief Brown scores ruling; sees action ending arbitration; blames Profs Cox and Lester, neutral members of bd
1954Mark Fidrych, American baseball player and sportscaster (died 2009)[†]
Mark Steven Fidrych, nicknamed "the Bird", was an American professional baseball pitcher who played five seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) with the Detroit Tigers.
1954Stanley A. McChrystal, American general[†]
Stanley Allen McChrystal is a retired United States Army general best known for his command of Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) from 2003 to 2008 during which his organization was credited with the elimination of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, leader of Al-Qaeda in Iraq. His final assignment was as Commander, International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) and Commander, United States Forces – Afghanistan (USFOR-A). He previously served as Director, Joint Staff from August 2008 to June 2009. McChrystal received criticism for his alleged role in the cover-up of the Pat Tillman friendly fire incident. McChrystal was reportedly known for saying what other military leaders were thinking but were afraid to say; this was one of the reasons cited for his appointment to lead all forces in Afghanistan. He held the post from 15 June 2009 to 23 June 2010.
1954Hugo Eckener, German pilot and airship designer (born 1868)[†]
Hugo Eckener was the manager of Luftschiffbau Zeppelin during the inter-war years, and also the commander of the famous Graf Zeppelin for most of its record-setting flights, including the first airship flight around the world, making him the most successful airship commander in history. He was also responsible for the construction of the most successful type of airships of all time. An anti-Nazi who was invited to campaign as a moderate in the German presidential elections, he was blacklisted by the Nazi regime and eventually sidelined.
In 1954, the world population was approximately 2,685,894,860 people[†]