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defies Premier Ngo Dinh Diem's 2d exile order; Premier reptdly mobilizes police, sends for troops; Vietnamese Army backs Gen
most of $4-million crop, NS, reptd destroyed
Dulles repts to Eisenhower and Natl Security Council; hopeful that gen war in Pacific can be avoided, news conf
McKenna final rept to Cole on his 5-mo probe of FHA holds Powell central figure in '46-50 FHA record of graft and corruption in adm of apt bldg ins program; repts Powell got large sums from project sponsors; hundreds of cases where FHA employes got gifts from bldrs; most criminal evidence implicates field personnel, not Washington officials; 1,547 projects probed show 1,410 cases of 'windfalls' totaling $110 million; 'wholesale fraud' under home-improvement program; FHA probed only 9 of 163 such cases referred to it by FBI; deals common between bldrs and FHA employes who passed on their loan applications; irregularities in co-op and mil housing programs; Powell denies charge
Peress charges McCarthy lied in testimony, wire to Watkins; denies he applied for security clearance, that he did 'sensitive' work, that he falsified Army affidavits, that R Eagle identified him as Communist functionary
1954Steve Kilbey, English-Australian singer-songwriter and bass player[†]
Steven John Kilbey is an English-born Australian singer-songwriter best known as the lead singer and bass guitarist for the rock band The Church. He is also a music producer, poet, and painter. As of 2020, Kilbey has released 14 solo albums and has collaborated on recordings with musical artists such as Martin Kennedy, Stephen Cummings and Ricky Maymi as a vocalist, musician, writer and/or producer. Ian McFarlane writes that "Kilbey's solo recordings [are] challenging and evocative. They ran the gamut of sounds and emotions from electronic and avant-garde to acoustic and symphonic, joyous and dreamy to saturnine and sardonic".
1954Isiah Whitlock Jr., American actor[†]
Isiah Whitlock Jr. is an American actor. He is best known for his role as corrupt state senator Clay Davis on the HBO television series The Wire as well as being a frequent collaborator of Spike Lee.
In 1954, the world population was approximately 2,685,894,860 people[†]