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In 1955, the world population was approximately 2,740,213,792 people[†]
1955Greg Ballard, American basketball player and coach (died 2016)[†]
Gregory Ballard was an American professional basketball player and NBA assistant coach. A collegiate All-American at Oregon, Ballard averaged 12.4 points and 6.1 rebounds over an eleven-season NBA career with the Washington Bullets, Golden State Warriors and briefly, the Seattle SuperSonics.
1955John Tate, American boxer (died 1998)[†]
John Tate was an American professional boxer and held the WBA heavyweight championship from 1979 to 1980. As an amateur he won a bronze medal in the heavyweight division at the 1976 Summer Olympics. He scored notable victories over future Heavyweight Champion Gerrie Coetzee as well as beating number three ranked heavyweight Kallie Knoetze in 1979 and knocking out contender Bernardo Mercado and fringe contender Duane Bobick.
1955Hans Hedtoft, Danish politician (born 1903)[†]
Hans Hedtoft Hansen was a Danish politician of the Social Democrats who served as the prime minister of Denmark from 1947 to 1950 and again from 1953 until his death in 1955. He also served as the first president of the Nordic Council in 1953.
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Maj Gen Nichols reptdly will resign as gen mgr; Strauss reptdly backs asst gen mgr Cook for post
bittern sighted on fire escape, NYC; 1st to be seen in winter; illus
Sing Sing inmate and 7 women questioned; funeral plans
Sec Thomas says USN can cope with any situation in Formosa Straits area, House com hearing
USSR makes bid to end state of war; unsigned, undated note, reptdly by Min Molotov, touches on issues Japan has raised; US Amb Allison silent; map
Sec Thomas, Adm Carney, Gen Shepherd testify on proposed cuts, House com; Sec holds USN ready for any emergency; holds Adm program will provide balanced flexible force
Anderson com, in 10.8 party-line vote, approves Gore resolution rescinding 30-day waiver, asking contract cancellation; Reprs Hinshaw, Cole, Sens Hickenlooper, Bricker, Jackson on legal aspects
ultimate Brit aim seen to set up separate State of Formosa under Chiang Kai-shek; speculation
Dr Piquet repts econ capacity and living standards of US, Canada and W Eur still outstripping those of USSR bloc, survey for Cong Com on Econ Rept; other comparative data
Brit Amb Hayter asks Min Molotov to use USSR influence with Communists to prevent incident that might provoke gen war, int, Kremlin; asks USSR to back NZ motion and urge Peiping to accept inv to attend Council meeting; Molotov will weigh proposal; blames tension on US; int pub in Moscow press; Hayter says GB sees claims of neither side prejudiced by submitting issue to UN; Molotov says USSR will back any move to keep peace; charges US intervenes in China internal affairs
NZ asks Security Council meeting to check fighting over offshore islands as threat to peace; Munro sends lr to self as Council pres; will back inv to Peiping to participate in debate; US will not oppose inv; Munro holds 'threat to internatl peace and security' justifies Council action despite civil war aspects of fighting; Formosa and Pescadores not included; Lodge backs NZ move
Teamsters exec bd rejects member M O Crouse demand that D Beck be removed as union pres for making loan