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September 22, 1954

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HARRIMAN NOMINATED FOR GOVERNOR ON FIRST BALLOT BY DEMOCRATS HERE; ROOSEVELT PLEDGES CAMPAIGN UNITY; BITTER FIGHT ENDS

By Leo Egan

nominated by Dems for NYS Gov

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DIN, PROCESSIONS HAIL NOMINATIONS; Roosevelt Directs His Ovation -- Scuffle Marks Each of Spirited Demonstrations

By Unknown Author

Shouting, singing, snake-dancing demonstrations, bearing all the earmarks of a Presidential convention, erupted here last night during nominations for Democratic candidates for Governor.

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Ives Approves McGovern; Other Selections Delayed; M'GOVERN BACKED; FULL TICKET WAITS

By Douglas Dales

Acting Repub Chmn Morhouse charges pol expediency made Wagner demote Goldberg and Harriman ask Const amendment on bingo

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Russia Re-Viewed; Army Playing a Major Role, With Zhukov Key Figure

By Harrison E. Salisbury

Series of articles, Russia Re-Viewed, illus with his photos

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Drive to Wreck Duplessis' Party In Quebec Opened by St. Laurent; Political Leaders in Canadian Dispute

By Raymond Daniell

St Laurent opens Liberal party drive to destroy Que Premier Duplessis' Union Nationale; ends long truce with charge that Duplessis' insistence on prov autonomy is threat to natl unity and cover for bad govt; seen to take issue to pub before retiring; feud revd; Duplessis stand on taxes noted

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Historical Context for September 22, 1954

In 1954, the world population was approximately 2,685,894,860 people^[†]