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Judge Harlan holds he would not surrender US sovereignty to world govt, Sen com hearings on his nomination to Sup Ct; G R Jordan, for Amer Coalition (orgn), testifies Harlan might supply vote to take US into world govt
US and Philippines hope to set example for Peiping by voluntarily releasing 7 Chinese fishermen stranded on Paracel Islands reef May '54; believe move will aid Hammarskjold efforts to free US fliers
Nationalist Premier Yui bars further retreats, s, Legis Yuan; bars giving up Quemoy and Matsu under any conditions; Communist gunboats attack Wuchiu Is, 80 mi W of Formosa; Nationalists attack Peiki; 4,000 troops evacuated from Nanki rerouted to reinforce Matsu; 1,952 civilians evacuated to Formosa; Nationalist Defense Min Yu predicts attack on Quemoy or Matsu; says Communists build network of jet airfields; map
Comm and ILA reach accord; strike danger eased; Comm postpones enforcement of rules; union expresses regret for earlier failure to conf with Comm; Harriman issues statement; Lane denies Gov or Gutman sought to influence Comm; sets meeting with ILA; says bi-state laws will be enforced
Cape May County grand jury charges 14% of regis voters in county lacked qualifications to vote; asks removal of county Election Ed members Mrs Walters, J P Brace, H M McPherson and Mrs McGonigle; urges State create Elections Bd and use voting machines exclusively; presentment copies sent to Meyner and NJ Sup Ct Chief Justice Vanderbilt; Comr Howell comments
1955Andreas Maislinger, Austrian historian and academic, founded the Austrian Holocaust Memorial Service[†]
Andreas Maislinger is an Austrian political scientist and founder and former chairman of the Austrian Service Abroad. He also is the founder of the Austrian Holocaust Memorial Award, the Braunau Contemporary History Days and the inventor of the idea of the House of Responsibility.
In 1955, the world population was approximately 2,740,213,792 people[†]