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Chancellor Raab visit to US ends with agreement to settle claims by US citizens, joint communique; Com on Jewish Claims spokesman wants clarification
Nationalists repel attack; area patrolled by 7th Fleet; Pentagon sources see Communist attempt to probe fleet intent; map
US Amb Kemper withdraws inv to Fulton for Embassy dinner, Rio, because of reaction to latter's remarks; Fulton's companion B A Javits also rebuffed; US delegation notes Fulton is not a member of it; bars inviting him to special meeting; Latin-Amer delegates reaction to his remarks; he conf with some delegations; A Meschke (Chile) gives aims of inter-Amer fund plan; Asst Sec Overby restates US will not take part; terms $1-billion figure 'illusory,' com debate on UN ECLA proposals
leaves for DC
US sends unusually strong note to Peiping through Brit Foreign Office demanding release of 13 Amers 'forthwith'; charges violation of truce accord; declares allegations baseless; Air Force Assn, in wire to Eisenhower, offers to back Eisenhower in any action, no matter how strong, to win release of Amers; Defense Dept warns that Peiping will resort to false confessions and evidence; Peiping radio gives 'extracts' from trial records to show Amers admitted getting special training in guerrilla warfare and espionage
1954Arthur Smith, English comedian, actor, and screenwriter[†]
Brian Arthur John Smith is an English alternative comedian, presenter and writer.
1954Alger Hiss is released from prison after serving 44 months for perjury.[†]
Alger Hiss was an American government official who, in 1948, was accused of spying for the Soviet Union in the 1930s. The statute of limitations had expired for espionage, but he was convicted of perjury in connection with this charge in 1950. Before the trial, Hiss was involved in the establishment of the United Nations, both as a U.S. State Department official and as a UN official. In later life, he worked as a lecturer and author.
In 1954, the world population was approximately 2,685,894,860 people[†]