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PARIS, Aug. 25 -- Premier Pierre Mendes-France has received a letter from Adlai E. Stevenson telling him that the people of the United States are unanimously interested in the ratification of the European Defense Community treaty.
Stevenson statement confirming personal lr to Premier Mendes-France on Amer bipartisan backing for EDC; text
anniv of party establishment in NYS marked, Long Point, NY; Gov Dewey s
DENVER, Aug. 25 -- President Eisenhower is "delighted" that Mr. Stevenson, his 1952 opponent for the Presidency, wrote French Premier Mendes-France as he did about the European Defense Community.
Nehru fears pact will do more harm than good at present, statement to Indian Parliament; conf to open in Manila Sept 6
1954Howard Clark, English golfer and sportscaster[†]
Howard Keith Clark is an English professional golfer who played on the European Tour for many years and had his most successful period in the mid-1980s.
1954Tracy Krohn, American race car driver and businessman[†]
Tracy William Krohn is an entrepreneur and auto racing enthusiast who was a new addition to the 2006 Forbes 400 list of the wealthiest Americans, at #320.
1954Hugh Pelham, British academic and educator[†]
Sir Hugh Reginald Brentnall Pelham, is a cell biologist who has contributed to our understanding of the body's response to rises in temperature through the synthesis of heat shock proteins. He served as director of the Medical Research Council (MRC) Laboratory of Molecular Biology (LMB) between 2006 and 2018.
In 1954, the world population was approximately 2,685,894,860 people[†]