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December 2, 1954

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Headlines from December 2, 1954

Senate Studies 1952 Check Made on Mail of McCarthy; McCarthy Mail Checked in 1952; Senate Begins an Investigation

By William M. Blairspecial To the New York Times

McCarthy charges someone 'forged' Gillette signature to lrs asking PO Dept to check his mail and that of his staff in '52; Sens Ferguson and George appted as com to probe charge; Sen Hayden says check was ordered because of charges that McCarthy used funds contributed to fight communism for financial speculations; Gillette denies knowledge of mail check; McCarthy says Watkins com suppressed evidence on lrs asking for check

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FOURTH POLICEMAN QUITS IN FIX CASE; L. I. State Park Patrolman Resigns After Call to Jury -- Witness Asks Bail Cut PATROLMAN QUITS AFTER JURY CALL

By Peter Kihss

LI Ptl Lamb resigns after call before Kings County jury; links action to low pay and Comm failure to back up other ptl; denies involvement in racket; Balint, 7 NYC ptl waive immunity; Goodrich freed; still under suspension; O'Connell asks own release or cut in $50,000 bail; NYS Sup Ct, before reserving decision, asks for any evidence such as Goodrich's previously revealed wiretapped phone call; Asst Dist Atty Koota says he lacks such evidence but has data that Goodrich and O'Connell planned to make money on courtesy cards

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Notable Births

Dan Butler

1954Dan Butler, American actor, director, and screenwriter[†]

Daniel Eugene Butler is an American actor known for his role as Bob "Bulldog" Briscoe on the TV series Frasier (1993–2004), later reprising the role in 2024; Art in Roseanne (1991–1992); for the voice of Mr. Simmons on the Nickelodeon TV show Hey Arnold! (1997–2002), later reprising the role in Hey Arnold!: The Jungle Movie (2017); and for film roles in Enemy of the State (1998) and Sniper 2 (2001).

Historical Events

McCarthyism

1954Cold War: The United States Senate votes 65 to 22 to censure Joseph McCarthy for "conduct that tends to bring the Senate into dishonor and disrepute".[†]

McCarthyism is a political practice defined by the political repression and persecution of left-wing individuals and a campaign spreading fear of communist and Soviet influence on American institutions and of Soviet espionage in the United States during the late 1940s through the 1950s, heavily associated with the Second Red Scare, also known as the McCarthy Era. After the mid-1950s, U.S. senator Joseph McCarthy, who had spearheaded the campaign, gradually lost his public popularity and credibility after several of his accusations were found to be false. The U.S. Supreme Court under Chief Justice Earl Warren made a series of rulings on civil and political rights that overturned several key laws and legislative directives, and helped bring an end to the Second Red Scare.

Mutual Defense Treaty between the United States and the Republic of China

1954The Sino-American Mutual Defense Treaty, between the United States and Taiwan, is signed in Washington, D.C.[†]

The Mutual Defense Treaty between the United States and the Republic of China, was a defense pact signed between the United States and the Republic of China (Taiwan) effective from 1955 to 1980. It was intended to defend the island of Taiwan from invasion by the People's Republic of China. Some of its content was carried over to the Taiwan Relations Act of 1979 after the failure of the Goldwater v. Carter lawsuit.

Historical Context for December 2, 1954

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