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October 20, 1954

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Headlines from October 20, 1954

TRUCKERS SIGNING ON UNION'S TERMS; End of Strike Seen as United Front of Employers Sags -- U.S. Refuses to Step In

By A. H. Raskin

Natl Sugar Refining signs separate pay rise contract with striking Teamsters

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SUEZ PACT SIGNED FOR BRITAIN'S EXIT; Last Soldier to Leave Canal Base June 18, 1956 -- Egypt Grants Right of Re-entry

By Robert C. Doty

pact signed by Nasser and Nutting; Brit troops to complete withdrawal by June 18 '56, almost 74 yrs after they 1st occupied zone; other provisions; Nasser, Stevenson hope for amity, statements to press

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Italian Deputies, 295-265, Uphold Premier on Trieste; Scelba Wins Fourth Vote of Confidence -- Ties to West Are Also Endorsed After Wild Brawl at All-Night Session

By Arnaldo Cortesi

Ital Deputies approve $48-million loan for Ital zone

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U.S. CALLS FOR END OF BIAS ON TRAINS; Brief of Justice Department Tells I.C.C. Discrimination Violates Constitution

By Luther A. Huston

Justice Dept urges end of segregation on rrs in interstate commerce, brief filed with ICC as amicus curiae in NAACP suit against 11 rs, Richmond Terminal and Union News cos; holds bias violates Const and Interstate Commerce Act; 7 rrs deny 'separate but equal' accommodations violate Act; Dept notes Sup Ct ban on ps segregation rejected doctrine; finds none of 3 Ct decisions usually cited to uphold bias in travel pertains to case

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PARIS SAID TO BAR TREATIES' SIGNING PENDING SAAR PACT; Mendes-France Is Reported to Have Voiced Position in Talks With Adenauer

By Harold Callender

Mendes-France reptdly told Adenauer French signing of rearmament treaties must be preceded by Saar settlement

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Notable Births

1954Steve Orich, American composer and conductor^[†]

Steve Orich is a composer, orchestrator and musical director.

Historical Context for October 20, 1954

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