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Sen Lehman says Sen anti-monopoly (Langer) subcom will study whether private utility co might get monopoly on power project; Langer replies
At Columbia U Charter Day fete, NYC; illus; gets hon degree
USN Super Constellation with 42 aboard missing between Patuxent River Base, Md, and Azores during flight to Port Lyautey, N Africa; 4 women, 5 children aboard; map
Hall, Mitchell debate Adm records TV
Ives says he can recall no 'implication' that sale of influence was involved in scandals; defends involved Repub leaders backing him
1954The Front de Libération Nationale fires the first shots of the Algerian War of Independence.[†]
The National Liberation Front, commonly known by its French acronym FLN, is a nationalist political party in Algeria. It was the main nationalist movement during the Algerian War and the sole legal and ruling political party of the Algerian state until other parties were legalised in 1989.
In 1954, the world population was approximately 2,685,894,860 people[†]