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state of siege declared; Opposition wary of Ibanez motives; Cong seen not backing him at special session
F A Hartley Jr urges Repub leaders replace Case with compromise candidate lest Repubs lose; denies personal ambition; links Case with New Deal, Fair Deal, ADA; criticizes Nixon for agreeing to s for Case; scores Case attack on McCarthy; scores method of Case selection
NYS gets temporary injunction barring security sales by Que oil promoters group charged with swindling $5 million from 9,000 US investors by misrepresenting Gaspe Peninsula development in largest NYS stock swindle in 15 yrs; 4 Amers, 5 Canadians and 4 Canadian corps named; P Payette (Canada) is principal defendant; NYS seeks permanent injunction; S Blue (US) and Payette denials
Erit fear French stand would delay solution unduly
Giants win NL pennant
1954Shinzo Abe, Japanese lawyer and politician, 90th Prime Minister of Japan (died 2022)[†]
Shinzo Abe was a Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan and President of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) from 2006 to 2007 and again from 2012 to 2020. He was the longest-serving prime minister in Japanese history, serving for nearly nine years in total.
1954Julia Grant, British transgender activist (died 2019)[†]
Julia Grant was the first transgender person to have her transition chronicled on a mainstream UK television documentary in A Change of Sex.
1954Thomas S. Ray, American ecologist and academic[†]
Thomas S. Ray is an American evolutionary biologist known for his research in tropical biology, digital evolution, and the human mind.
1954Phil "Philthy Animal" Taylor, English rock drummer (died 2015)[†]
Philip John Taylor, better known as "Philthy Animal", was an English drummer. He was a member of the rock band Motörhead from 1975 to 1984 and 1987 to 1992, recording eleven studio albums and four live albums with the band. The Motörhead line-up consisting of Taylor, Lemmy and "Fast" Eddie Clarke is generally regarded as the 'classic' line-up of the band.
1954Mikimoto Kōkichi, Japanese businessman (born 1858)[†]
Kokichi Mikimoto was a Japanese entrepreneur who is credited with creating the first cultured pearl and subsequently starting the cultured pearl industry with the establishment of his luxury pearl company Mikimoto.
In 1954, the world population was approximately 2,685,894,860 people[†]