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83d Cong adjourns; Sen subject to recall on 5-day notice for study of Sen com rept on McCarthy censure charges; ceremories
BLS Consumer Price Index up 0.7% to 114.6, June 15-July 15; NYC index up 1.8%
summary of Cong record in major fields as 83d Cong 2d session adjourns; mid-road record seen providing issues for Cong election
Greece asks plebiscite on Brit rule vs unity with Greece under UN auspices; Papagos asks issue be put on Assembly agenda, lr to Sec Gen Hammarskjold; Brit UN repr Dixon says GB will oppose move on ground issue is within its domestic jurisdiction; deplores Greek action; Greek UN repr Palamas comments; speculation
neighbors of V Kaminsky, police patrol wagon driver, complain to police about his car, '37 Chevrolet, parked in front of Bklyn home for 8 yrs; claim he never uses it; he comments; illus
1954Archie Griffin, American football player[†]
Archie Mason Griffin is an American former professional football running back who played with the Cincinnati Bengals in the National Football League (NFL) for seven seasons. He played college football for the Ohio State Buckeyes, where he became the only two-time Heisman Trophy winner in NCAA history, 1974–1975, and is considered one of the greatest college football players of all time. Griffin won four Big Ten Conference titles with the Buckeyes and was the first player to ever start in four Rose Bowls. He was selected in the first round by the Bengals in the 1976 NFL draft.
1954Steve Smith, American drummer[†]
Steven Bruce Smith is an American drummer best known as a member of the rock band Journey across three stints: 1978 to 1985, 1995 to 1998 and 2015 to 2020. Modern Drummer magazine readers have voted him the No. 1 All-Around Drummer five years in a row. In 2001, the publication named Smith one of the Top 25 Drummers of All Time, and in 2002 he was voted into the Modern Drummer Hall of Fame. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Journey on April 7, 2017.
1954Mark Williams, New Zealand-Australian singer-songwriter[†]
Mark Williams is a New Zealand singer with Recording Industry Association of New Zealand (RIANZ) number one hit singles, "Yesterday Was Just the Beginning of My Life" (1975) and a cover of Buddy Holly's "It Doesn't Matter Anymore" (1977) before he relocated to Australia later that year. His single, "Show No Mercy" (1990) was a top ten hit in both countries. He has undertaken extensive touring in support of numerous Australian bands and worked in television. In 2006 he became the vocalist for the reformed New Zealand band, Dragon.
In 1954, the world population was approximately 2,685,894,860 people[†]