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LONDON, Dec. 24 -- Britain warned France today that the maintenance of British ground and air forces in Western Europe depended upon ratification of the Paris treaties arming West Germany.
Benson pledges fair hearing, after conf with aides; stresses Ladejinsky will not be kept in Tokyo post but may have another Dept post if he gets security clearance; recognizes re-employment rights but says post he held in Dept before '50 transfer to State Dept is now 'sensitive'; says law on attaches transfer from State to Agr Dept did not make personnel transfers automatic; Ladejinsky says Benson acts under pressure; Sen Johnston orders Sen com staff probe
With wife, granted asylum, Hungary; US State Dept comment; speculation
breakdown of French vote by parties
Harriman, Appleby, A Levitt, J Bingham and C Van Devanter work on budget; problems noted
1954Annie Lennox, Scottish singer-songwriter and pianist[†]
Ann Lennox is a Scottish singer-songwriter, political activist and philanthropist. After achieving moderate success in the late 1970s as part of the new wave band the Tourists, she and fellow musician Dave Stewart went on to achieve international success in the 1980s as Eurythmics. When she appeared in the 1983 music video for "Sweet Dreams " with orange cropped hair and wearing a man's lounge suit, the BBC wrote, "all eyes were on Annie Lennox, the singer whose powerful androgynous look defied the male gaze". Subsequent hits with Eurythmics include "There Must Be an Angel ", "Love Is a Stranger" and "Here Comes the Rain Again".
In 1954, the world population was approximately 2,685,894,860 people[†]