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April 29, 1955

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Headlines from April 29, 1955

JENNER ASKS BAN ON YIELDING ISLES TO CHINESE REDS; Scores 'Appeasers' and Bids Senate Vote Such Accords Not 'Binding Upon U.S.'

By William S. White

Sen Jenner offers resolution to bar US participation in any conf leading to territorial concessions to Communists and to repudiate such concessions in advance; move seen sign of further split between Eisenhower and Right-wing Repute; Jenner charges 'appeasers' seek to belittle value of Quemoy and Matsu; Humphrey backs negotiations; predicts Adm will abandon Quemoy and Matsu; George suggests neutral nation represent Nationalists at any conf

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All Banned Cutter Vaccine Here Found; 219 Got Shots; City Health Authorities Locate the 1,114 Packages, but No Black Market -- New Supply for May 9 Inoculation Start

By Morris Kaplan

NYC Health Dept repts that at least 219 people in NYC recd Cutter vaccine; questioned 179 drs who bought it; probe continues; distribution noted; number of cases in West and Midwest now 11; Van Riper reassures pub on Salk vaccine, TV int; Baumgartner says all 1,114 Cutter pkgs shipped to NYC have been traced; Health Dept probe finds no evidence of black mkt; sets inoculation of 281,000 children for May 9 as Foundation promises vaccine delivery; pub hearing on Sanitary Code amendment; Baumgartner opposes proposal to set up a mandated priority system by age groups; Councilman Ross scores Fed failure to set up controls; Parke-Davis repr urges distribution through drs, not druggists; PTA repr urges timetable; Council com defers action; Nassau repts 39 inoculations with Cutter vaccine; hires polio specialist as consultant; Newark repts 21 inoculations; Van Riper says Cutter distributed over 500,000 cc; Foundation revises program

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Notable Births

Leslie Jordan

1955Leslie Jordan, American actor, comedian, writer and singer (died 2022)[†]

Leslie Allen Jordan was an American actor, comedian, writer, and singer. His television roles include Beverley Leslie on Will & Grace, several characters in the American Horror Story franchise (2013–2019), Sid on The Cool Kids (2018–2019), Phil on Call Me Kat (2021–2022), and Lonnie Garr on Hearts Afire (1993–1995). On stage, Jordan played Earl "Brother Boy" Ingram in the 1996 play Sordid Lives, later portraying the character in the 2000 film of the same name. During the COVID-19 pandemic, he became an Instagram contributor, amassing 5.8 million followers in 2020, and published his autobiography How Y'all Doing? Misadventures and Mischief from a Life Well Lived in April 2021.

Kate Mulgrew

1955Kate Mulgrew, American actress[†]

Katherine Kiernan Maria Mulgrew is an American actress and author. She is best known for her roles as Captain Kathryn Janeway in Star Trek: Voyager and Red in Orange Is the New Black. She first came to attention in the role of Mary Ryan in the daytime soap opera Ryan's Hope.

Historical Context for April 29, 1955

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