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May 8, 1955

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7 European Nations Meet To Establish Defense Union; 7 EUROPEAN LANDS SET UP NEW UNION

By Thomas F. Bradyspecial To the New York Times

W Eur Union Council orgn meeting, Paris

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Stock Prices Under Pressure--Brokers Split as Market Recovers--Auto Credit Soars

By John G. Forrest

For the first time in nearly a month the stock market last week failed to establish a new high mark since 1929. Instead, stocks were under pressure until the latter part of the week, when they rallied to recover earlier losses.

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A LOOK AT THE WORLD AROUND US; The Tourist Is Advised to Walk, Not Run, When on His Summer Travels

By Paul J. C. Friedlander

THE Chinese--the old, old Chinese, that is, not either of their present-day posterity --equated the communicative power of one picture to that of several thousand well-chosen words. We bow, gracefully we like to think, to this equation and to our artist for having portrayed so succinctly on this page what this section is all about.

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TALLY DUE FRIDAY IN WARD CONTEST; TALLY DUE FRIDAY IN WARD CONTEST Delay of Day Then Expected to Permit Reshuffling of Winning Directors NEW FIGHT IN '56 LIKELY Wolfson Shift to Fitz-Gibbon Held Preparatory--Wall Street Explains Defeat

By Robert E. Bedingfield

One advantage of rooting for baseball teams instead of corporate factions is that you know the score as soon as the last putout is made.

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SWAPS BEATS NASHUA IN DERBY;; SWAPS OUTRACES NASHUA IN DERBY The Victor in Louisville Classic Races to His Reward--Roses in the Winner's Circle SUMMER TAN IS 3D Swaps, 14-5, Outruns Favored Nashua by Length and Half

By James Roachspecial To the New York Times

LOUISVILLE, May 7--Californians did some high-decibel whooping today at the Kentucky Derby. And they were joined in their celebrating by those in a crowd of 100,000 at Churchill Downs who had backed Rex C. Ellsworth's Swaps.

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1955Patrick Hanrahan, American computer graphics researcher^[†]

Patrick M. Hanrahan is an American computer graphics researcher, the Canon USA Professor of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering in the Computer Graphics Laboratory at Stanford University. His research focuses on rendering algorithms, graphics processing units, as well as scientific illustration and visualization. He has received numerous awards, including the 2019 Turing Award.

1955Mladen Markač, Croatian general^[†]

Mladen Markač is a Croatian retired general. He was a Commander of Croatian Special Police during Operation Storm during the Croatian War of Independence (1991–1995), and afterwards held the rank of Colonel General. Later, he was indicted by the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) for war crimes committed during Operation Storm by Croatian forces against the Serbs from Croatia. In April 2011, the ICTY found him guilty and sentenced him to 18 years.

Historical Context for May 8, 1955

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

Headlines from May 8, 1955

7 European Nations Meet To Establish Defense Union; 7 EUROPEAN LANDS SET UP NEW UNION

Stock Prices Under Pressure--Brokers Split as Market Recovers--Auto Credit Soars

A LOOK AT THE WORLD AROUND US; The Tourist Is Advised to Walk, Not Run, When on His Summer Travels

TALLY DUE FRIDAY IN WARD CONTEST; TALLY DUE FRIDAY IN WARD CONTEST Delay of Day Then Expected to Permit Reshuffling of Winning Directors NEW FIGHT IN '56 LIKELY Wolfson Shift to Fitz-Gibbon Held Preparatory--Wall Street Explains Defeat

SWAPS BEATS NASHUA IN DERBY;; SWAPS OUTRACES NASHUA IN DERBY The Victor in Louisville Classic Races to His Reward--Roses in the Winner's Circle SUMMER TAN IS 3D Swaps, 14-5, Outruns Favored Nashua by Length and Half

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