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Eden confs, Paris, with W Ger Vice Chancellor Bluecher and Dr Blankenhorn on clarification of issues sought by Adenauer
mins reptdly hold country cannot be defended by local forces alone; urge defense under Manila pact
Gerosa urges NYS legis to set up stabilization reserve to safeguard gen fund revenues
Sen (Capehart) com rept blames FHA for 'windfall' profits through poor adm and failure to penalize bldrs for false statements; charges laxity in bldg estimates and home-improvement program; condemns Powell; blames home bldg indus for 'misrepresenting existence of wrongdoing' in apt bldg program; Dem minority objects to implication that all who overestimated bldg costs were guilty of fraud and to condemning indus as a whole; backed by Home Bldrs Natl Assn; com asks more funds to continue checking on housing law
STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Dec. 19 -- Dag Hammarskjold and the Chinese Ambassador to Sweden, Gen. Keng Piao, discussed today various practical preparations for the United Nations Secretary General's forthcoming visit to Peiping.
1954Michael Badalucco, American actor[†]
Michael Badalucco is an American actor. He made his screen debut in the film Raging Bull (1980) and subsequently appeared in many films such as Desperately Seeking Susan (1985), Miller's Crossing (1990), Jungle Fever (1991), Mac (1992), Léon: The Professional (1994), Summer of Sam (1999), O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000) The Man Who Wasn't There (2001), and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem (2023). His breakthrough role came as attorney Jimmy Berlutti in the television series The Practice (1997–2004), for which he won a Primetime Emmy Award in 1999.
1954Sandra Cisneros, American author and poet[†]
Sandra Cisneros is an American writer. She is best known for her first novel, The House on Mango Street (1984), and her subsequent short story collection, Woman Hollering Creek and Other Stories (1991). Her work includes experimentation with emerging subject positions, which Cisneros attributes to growing up in a context of cultural hybridity and economic inequality that endowed her with unique stories to tell. She is the recipient of numerous awards, including a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship, was awarded one of 25 new Ford Foundation Art of Change fellowships in 2017, and is regarded as a key figure in Chicano literature.
1954James Hilton, English-American author and screenwriter (born 1900)[†]
James Hilton was a British-American novelist and screenwriter. He is best remembered for his novels Lost Horizon, Goodbye, Mr. Chips and Random Harvest, as well as co-writing screenplays for the films Camille (1936) and Mrs. Miniver (1942), the latter earning him an Academy Award.
In 1954, the world population was approximately 2,685,894,860 people[†]