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March 30, 1955

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DEMOCRATS WANT PRESIDENT TO PUT STOP TO WAR TALK; DEMOCRATS WANT WAR TALK TO STOP Plan to Tell Him Bipartisan Front May Suffer Unless 'Leaks' on Policy End REPORTS ON ISLES CITED Rayburn Assails Conflicting Stories--Johnson Hopeful on White House Parleys

By William S. Whitespecial To the New York Times

Dem leaders reptd ready to urge Eisenhower to check war talk within Adm; deplore 'leak' attributed to Adm Carney on imminence of Communist attack and subsequent rept that Pres doubts mid-April attack; Speaker Rayburn urges clarification

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Notable Births

1955Randy VanWarmer, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2004)[†]

Randy VanWarmer was an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. His biggest hit song was "Just When I Needed You Most". It reached No. 8 on the UK Singles Chart in September 1979 after peaking at No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 1 on Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks earlier that year.

Notable Deaths

1955Harl McDonald, American pianist, composer, and conductor (born 1899)[†]

Harl McDonald was an American composer, conductor, pianist and teacher. McDonald was born in Boulder, Colorado, and studied at the University of California, Berkeley, the University of Redlands, and the Leipzig Conservatory. He was appointed a lecturer at the University of Pennsylvania in 1927 and enjoyed other appointments at the University including the Director of the Music Department and Director of the University's Choral Society and the University of Pennsylvania Glee Club. Among his students there was Ann Wyeth McCoy. In addition to his administrative duties with the University, McDonald composed numerous musical works and served on the board of directors of the Philadelphia Orchestra Association. He died in Princeton, New Jersey due to a stroke at the age of 55 while helping to direct the production of a motion picture film on orchestral music.

Historical Context for March 30, 1955

In 1955, the world population was approximately 2,740,213,792 people[†]