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subcom Repub members, after private meeting, file majority rept reptdly mildy critical of both sides; seen reflecting party unity in face of difficult election; Potter-Dirksen accord seen biggest surprise; Cohn resignation linked to unity; Potter writes separate opinion
USS Missouri leaves Norfolk for decommissioning, W Coast; illus
Eisenhower 'pocket-vetoes' bill; memo of disapproval charges it ignores need for revenues to pay rises; pledges to re-submit bill based on his program in Jan; veto scored by G Meany, W P Reuther, W C Doherty (Natl Lr Carriers Assn), L George (Natl PO Clerks Fed), others; PO Dept aide G Cullen comment
Brit refusal to join noted
21 killed including 8 Amers when DC-6B crashes in N Sea; 1 body recovered; craft on NY-Amsterdam run; 9 passengers had debarked at Shannon; passenger list; map
1954Alain Daigle, Canadian ice hockey player[â ]
Roland Alain Daigle is a Canadian former professional ice hockey forward who played six seasons with the Chicago Black Hawks of the National Hockey League from 1974â75 to 1979â80.
1954Heini Otto, Dutch footballer, coach, and manager[â ]
Heini Otto is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. He is currently working as a technical coach at Ajax.
1954GetĂșlio Vargas, Brazilian lawyer and politician, 14th President of Brazil (born 1882)[â ]
GetĂșlio Dornelles Vargas was a Brazilian lawyer and politician who served as the 14th and 17th president of Brazil, from 1930 to 1945 and from 1951 until his suicide in 1954. Due to his long and controversial tenure as Brazil's provisional, constitutional, dictatorial and democratic leader, he is considered by historians as the most influential Brazilian politician of the 20th century.
1954The Communist Control Act goes into effect, outlawing the Communist Party in the United States.[â ]
The Communist Control Act of 1954 is an American law signed by President Dwight Eisenhower on August 24, 1954, that outlawed the Communist Party USA and criminalized membership in or support for the party or "Communist-action organizations", on the basis that communists vowed to overthrow the government of the United States. The act also defines evidence to be considered by a jury in determining participation in the activities, planning, actions, objectives, or purposes of such organizations.
1954Vice president JoĂŁo CafĂ© Filho takes office as president of Brazil, following the suicide of GetĂșlio Vargas.[â ]
JoĂŁo Fernandes Campos CafĂ© Filho was a Brazilian politician who served as the 18th president of Brazil, taking office upon the suicide of President GetĂșlio Vargas. He was the first Protestant to occupy the position.
In 1954, the world population was approximately 2,685,894,860 people[â ]