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November 16, 1954

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CASE NOW OPPOSES M'CARTHY CENSURE ON ZWICKER COUNT; Asserts He Reversed Position on Basis of 'New Evidence' Not Fully Explored in Inquiry

By Anthony Leviero

Case would not censure McCarthy for abusing Zwicker; lr to Watkins; says he has new evidence; Ervin says Sen should expel McCarthy for saying select com imitated Communist methods; calls him morally or mentally unfit to serve; Jenner s for McCarthy; sees censure strategy initiated by Communists; Watkins maps reply to McCarthy; Case, Watkins illus

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POLICEMAN TO DEFY TRAFFIC FIX JURY; Westchester Man Refuses to Waive Immunity, Appear Unless Subpoenaed

By Peter Kihss

suspended Westchester Ptl Sulick refuses to sign immunity waiver; will not appear before Kings County grand jury probing 'courtesy cards' racket unless subpoenaed; NYC motorcycle ptl refuses to sign waiver now; both face dismissal under State Const; 7 other city ptl and 3 LI State Pk Comm ptl appear before jury, sign waivers; 16 city, 3 LI ptl have testified to date; Pk Comm making own probe; agrees to cooperate with dist attys; Dist Atty Gulotta on LI ptl's role in racket; Asst Dist Atty Helfand silent

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Notable Births

1954Andrea Barrett, American novelist and short story writer[โ€ ]

Andrea Barrett is an American novelist and short story writer. Her collection Ship Fever won the 1996 U.S. National Book Award for Fiction, and she received a MacArthur Fellowship in 2001. Her book Servants of the Map was a finalist for the 2003 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, and Archangel and Natural History were finalists for The Story Prize.

Dick Gross

1954Dick Gross, Australian lawyer and politician[โ€ ]

Richard Andrew Landa Gross is an Australian politician. He was a long-serving councillor of the City of Port Phillip and its Mayor from November 2018 till late 2019, having previously served from 1998 to 2000 and in 2004. He was not re-elected to council in the 2020 election.

Historical Context for November 16, 1954

In 1954, the world population was approximately 2,685,894,860 people[โ€ ]