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repts China admits holding 4 US fliers in addition to 13 sentenced Amers in violation of Korean truce, lr to UN
Eisenhower and Min Moisescu (Rumania) exch pledges to work for peace
flies to Kansas City
SEC opens hearings on $5,500,000 stock issue to help finance W Memphis plant; Dixon repts remaining $99,915,000 will be obtained by selling bonds to Met and NY Life Ins cos and borrowing from 6 NYC and 18 Southern banks; says Middle South and Southern will split stock issue; stresses Dixon-Yates profits lessen as plant costs rise; Demmler reserves decision on pub utility groups demand Dixon-Yates produce all records relating to contract; SEC gets Justice Dept denial of Tenn challenge on contract legality
Butler says Stevenson would have to campaign for nomination; sees no draft; names Sens Kefauver and Russell, Govs Lausche and Williams and Govs-elect Harriman and Leader as possible candidates
1954Harold Hongju Koh, American lawyer, academic, and politician[†]
Harold Hongju Koh is an American diplomat, lawyer, legal scholar, politician, and writer. Except for his periods of government service, he has taught at Yale Law School from 1985 to the present, including as the law school's 15th Dean from 2004 to 2009, and currently as a Sterling Professor of international law. From 1998 to 2001, he served as the Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor under President Bill Clinton. From 2009 to 2013, he served as the legal adviser of the Department of State in the Obama administration. He has published more than ten books on topics including international law, the U.S. Constitution, and international relations. He was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 2007.
1954Frits Pirard, Dutch cyclist[†]
Frits Pirard was a Dutch professional road bicycle racer. Pirard won stage 1 of the 1983 Tour de France. He also competed in the team time trial event at the 1976 Summer Olympics.
1954Claude Cahun, French artist, photographer, and writer (born 1894)[†]
Claude Cahun was a French surrealist photographer, sculptor, and writer.
1954Gladys George, American actress (born 1904)[†]
Gladys George was an American actress of stage and screen. Though nominated for an Academy Award for her leading role in Valiant Is the Word for Carrie (1936), she spent most of her career in supporting roles in films such as Marie Antoinette (1938), The Roaring Twenties (1939), The Maltese Falcon (1941), The Best Years of Our Lives (1946), and Flamingo Road (1949).
1954Joseph B. Keenan, American lawyer and politician (born 1888)[†]
Joseph Berry Keenan was an American lawyer best known for serving as Chief Prosecutor for the International Military Tribunal for the Far East. He previously served as Assistant Attorney General in the administration of President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
In 1954, the world population was approximately 2,685,894,860 people[†]