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Sup Ct Justice Brenner certifies 4 sane aged as mentally ill to get them care; urges change in NYS Mental Hygiene Law to permit certification of helpless; Deputy Comr Pense comment
AAAS dirs bd issues statement urging shift from security policy that 'attempts almost exclusively to minimize our losses' to one that stresses 'maximizing our gains'; holds increasing secrecy curbs science progress; says there are no permanent scientific secrets
USSR holds approval would make conf pointless, notes to Western Big 3
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Immigration Service bars placing detainees in jail
1954Eudine Barriteau, Barbadian economist and academic[†]
Violet Eudine Barriteau, FB, GCM, is a professor of gender and public policy, as well as Principal of the University of the West Indies at Cave Hill. She was also the president of the International Association for Feminist Economics (IAFFE) from 2009 to 2010, and she is on the advisory editorial boards of Palimpsest: A Journal on Women, Gender, and the Black International, published by SUNY Press, and Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society, published by University of Chicago Press.
1954Price Cobb, American race car driver and manager[†]
Price Cobb is an American race car driver. He won the 1990 24 Hours of Le Mans together with John Nielsen and Martin Brundle in a Jaguar XJR-12. He also owned an Indy Racing League team in 1998 and 1999 for Roberto Guerrero and Jim Guthrie. He also has authored a number of books on auto racing.
1954Jack Hues, English singer-songwriter and musician[†]
Jeremy Allan Ryder, known professionally as Jack Hues, is an English singer, songwriter and musician who is best known for forming and fronting the 1980s English new wave band Wang Chung. Hues was also a member of the one-off band Strictly Inc.
In 1954, the world population was approximately 2,685,894,860 people[†]