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Dem Govs criticize Benson policies, Washington conf
repts nothing new on cease-fire; repts no suggestion to set up permanent US base on Formosa
US reptdly favors const monarchy for S Vietnam; position reptd by Collins in private meeting of Amer newsmen; US holds only elected Natl Assembly should have authority to oust Bao Dai; S Vietnam Cong of Councilors meets; Diem asks proposals to restore peace; Ely protests hate campaign against French; denies French aided opposition; Army spokesman repts Binh Xuyen scattered; sees rebels waging guerrilla warfare; Saigon peaceful, 1st time in wks
Asst Dist Atty Silver impounds 5,000-lb meat shipment to Rikers Is Penitentiary to weigh irregularities in Govt approved stamps; Comr Tenny 2-mo probe of city insts deliveries led to impounding; findings; Controller Gerosa and Agr Dept make ind probes
Min Nutting (GB) outlines Brit-French plan weighed by subcom, s, Walsall; repts USSR cool
1955Jon Butcher, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and freelance multimedia producer[ā ]
Jon Butcher is an American rock, blues songwriter, guitarist and freelance multimedia producer.
1955The General Treaty, by which France, Britain and the United States recognize the sovereignty of West Germany, comes into effect.[ā ]
The BonnāParis conventions were signed in May 1952 and came into force after the 1955 ratification. The conventions put an end to the Allied occupation of West Germany.
In 1955, the world population was approximately 2,740,213,792 people[ā ]