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Vietnamese troops backing Premier seize mil post, Cana; cut Saigon-Hue route; supported by Col Nguyen Quang Hoang; Army hdqrs holds Col and bn in rebellion; ask Premier for authority to act against them; map
Adams urges Xmas gifts to Fund, not to police
Cabinet com rept assigns prime responsibility for training more and better scientists to non-Govt groups with Govt acting as coordinator; rept to get 'trial run' at full Cabinet meeting before pub release; more data on availability of scholarship aid and extent of scientist shortage sought; long-range rather than 'crash' program proposed
he and Humphrey rev conf, news conf, Washington; see better Latin-Amer understanding of US policies
1954Mary Fallin, American businesswoman and politician, 27th Governor of Oklahoma[†]
Mary Newt Fallin is an American politician and real estate broker who served as the 27th governor of Oklahoma from 2011 to 2019. A member of the Republican Party, she previously served as the U.S. representative for Oklahoma's 5th congressional district from 2007 to 2011, and as lieutenant governor from 1995 to 2007. As of 2025, Fallin remains the only woman to have served as governor of Oklahoma.
1954Mark Hofmann, a.k.a. the Mormon Murderer; American counterfeiter, forger of fake Mormon historical documents, and convicted murderer[†]
Mark William Hofmann is an American counterfeiter, forger, and convicted murderer. Widely regarded as one of the most accomplished forgers in history, Hofmann is especially noted for his creation of fake documents related to the history of the Latter Day Saint movement. When his schemes began to unravel, he constructed bombs to murder three people in Salt Lake City, Utah. The first two bombs killed two people on October 15, 1985. On the following day, a third bomb exploded in Hofmann's car. He was arrested for the bombings three months later, and in 1987 pleaded guilty to two counts of second-degree murder, one count of theft by deception, and one count of fraud.
In 1954, the world population was approximately 2,685,894,860 people[†]