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result still in doubt; unofficial count gives Case 2,317 margin; Richman orders voting records impounded; Meyner sees recount probable; both parties claim victory; threaten ct action for recount; charge irregularities; repts of voting confusion cited; Hartley backers role; Case por
Stevens notifies McCarthy there was no 'coddling' in promotion and hon discharge of Peress but says 2 officers were reprimanded for 'adm delays' in processing papers in case; repts Army referred to Justice Dept issue of whether Peress can be prosecuted for stating he never belonged to subversive group; repts a 3d officer who handled Peress papers has been discharged for unrelated reasons; says Peress promotion was carried out by Maj Gen Bergin, that commanding officer at time of promotion and discharge was Zwicker, that discharge papers were signed by Maj McManus, that no action was taken against any of them; McCarthy sees nothing new in statement
Pope defines it; holds RC Ch authority extends to its moral foundation, interpretation and application
leads; Dems claim victory; Sen Cordon does not concede; Neuberger illus
1954Chris Difford, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer[†]
Christopher Henry Difford is an English musician. He is a founding member and songwriter of the rock group Squeeze.
1954Stig Dagerman, Swedish journalist and writer (born 1923)[†]
Stig Halvard Dagerman was a Swedish author and journalist prominent in the aftermath of World War II.
In 1954, the world population was approximately 2,685,894,860 people[†]