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Wins AEC 1st $25,000 award for contributions to atomic energy development; por; career; he comments
Peru repts navy seized 5 ships allegedly hunting inside 200-mi zone; whalers rept boats were machine-gunned some 300 ml off Peru; Peru to press search for 'pirate fleets' even outside zone; Panama inspectors rept on attack; Peru seeks Chile aid in intercepting other fleet units; Onassis believed Panama and Peru reached agreement on S Pacific whaling
USSR indicates armed forces may be set up if West rearms W Ger
gen med supt Dr Piazza demoted, temporarily suspended for having work done at his home by city patient F K Kraus
US Sup Ct to rule on const of City Charter provision requiring employe, when called to testify before grand jury on official conduct, to waive immunity or forfeit job, Ptl Regan case
1954Chopper Read, Australian criminal and author (died 2013)[†]
Mark Brandon "Chopper" Read was an Australian convicted criminal, gang member and author. Read wrote a series of semi-autobiographical fictional crime novels and children's books. The 2000 film Chopper is based on his life.
1954Yitzhak Lamdan, Russian-Israeli poet and journalist (born 1899)[†]
Yitzhak Lamdan was a Russian-born Israeli Hebrew-language poet, translator, editor and columnist.
In 1954, the world population was approximately 2,685,894,860 people[†]