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convicts surrender, release hostages after 2 confs with citizems com chosen by them; com spokesman E Canham repts no deals made; says he pledged to work to better prison condition; Gov Herter says convicts will be tried quickly; Atty Gen Fingold to prosecute; illus
Sullivan repts iceberg as large as LI apparently broke off icecap and floated north; says survey of Ross Barrier shows Discovery Inlet has disappeared and indicates Barrier pushes north with ice flow until Shelf is overextended and cracks off about 10 mi inland in 40-yr cycle; describes another helicopter flight
UN and Peiping radio rept Chou En-lai offers to let kin visit 11 sentenced fliers, 2 sentenced civilians and 4 jet pilots in China; reaction, UN; some see clever but cruel propaganda maneuver; Dr Tsiang comments; speculation on Communist aims; Hammarskjold mission repts it brought back data on POWs, their health records, photos and motion picture films; 3 photos illus; Communists reptdly pledge data on 4 jet pilots
non-combatants start evacuating Tachens; Nationalists bitter; US Vice Adm Good and aides arrive, Taipei; 10,000 troops, 15,000 civilians reptd on Tachens; Eisenhower message to Cong set; speculation; Prime Min Holland (NZ) confs with Eisenhower and Dulles on possible UN action; confirms earlier talks on cease-fire; Eisenhower meets with Natl Security Council and Cabinet; US officials rept Chiang Kaishek has made no formal request for aid to defend Tachens; Sparkman sees no reason for Eisenhower to ask Cong sanction; holds he has all necessary power to act
NYC grand jury to weigh Dist Atty Silver charges that methods used by ad 'pitchmen' constitute $1-million racket; radio and TV station reprs asked to attend; Silver describes high-pressure methods used by salesmen visiting homes; evidence collected by police posing as householders; Better Business Bur to send repr to jury; pres H R Jackson comments
1955Lester Hayes, American football player[†]
Lester Craig Hayes is an American former professional football player who was a cornerback for the Oakland / Los Angeles Raiders of the National Football League (NFL).
1955Thomas David Jones, American captain, pilot, and astronaut[†]
Thomas David Jones is a former United States astronaut. He was selected to the astronaut corps in 1990 and completed four Space Shuttle flights before retiring in 2001. He flew on STS-59 and STS-68 in 1994, STS-80 in 1996, and STS-98 in 2001. His total mission time was 53 days 48 minutes. He works as a planetary scientist, space operations consultant, astronaut speaker, and author.
1955John Wesley Shipp, American actor[†]
John Wesley Shipp is an American actor known for his various television roles. He played the lead Barry Allen on CBS's superhero series The Flash from 1990 to 1991, and Mitch Leery, the title character's father, on the drama series Dawson's Creek from 1998 to 2001. Shipp has also played several roles in daytime soap operas including Kelly Nelson on Guiding Light from 1980 to 1984, and Douglas Cummings on As the World Turns from 1985 to 1986. He portrayed Barry Allen's father Henry, Earth-3 Flash Jay Garrick, and Earth-90's Barry Allen on the CW's The Flash series.
1955Jonni Myyrä, Finnish-American athlete (born 1892)[†]
Joonas "Jonni" Myyrä was a Finnish athlete who competed at the 1912, 1920 and 1924 Olympics. In 1912, he finished eighth in the javelin throw. At the 1920 Olympics, his left arm was fractured in a warm-up accident – the spear thrown by James Lincoln struck Myyrä while he was resting on the grass. Nevertheless, Myyrä won the javelin event with an Olympic record of 65.78 meters. He also finished 12th in the discus throw but could not complete his pentathlon events. Myyrä successfully defended his javelin title at the 1924 Summer Olympics and then fled to the United States due to his financial problems in Finland. He never returned to his home country and died in San Francisco in 1955.
In 1955, the world population was approximately 2,740,213,792 people[†]