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Deputy Mayor Epstein urges competent staffs for recreational facilities in projects as part of anti-delinguency drive
Assembly urges expanding mkts, stressing shifting lands planted with surplus crops to other uses
Emergence of Ger as 'big power' seen in Adenauer attendance at Western Big-3 foreign mins confs, Paris, and in eminent position to be given W Ger at NATO Council
12 Indian soldiers slain in 8-hr clash near border of Jammu Prov and W Pakistan; Indian claims clash occurred on Indian soil; repts UN observer team under fire; Pakistan repts casualties on both sides; says UN observers make probe; map; UN awaits rept; Kashmir strife revd
Expansion program doubling plant planned, 1st development project since '30; ground-breaking set for facilities including annex and library; map; M Field, B M Baruch among contributors; pres Simons on planned adult educ enter
1955Meles Zenawi, Prime Minister of Ethiopia (died 2012)[†]
Meles Zenawi Asres, born Legesse Zenawi Asres was an Ethiopian politician and former rebel militant commander who served as president of Ethiopia from 1991 to 1995 and as prime minister from 1995 until his death in 2012.
1955Anne Sofie von Otter, Swedish soprano and actress[†]
Anne Sofie von Otter is a Swedish mezzo-soprano. Her repertoire encompasses lieder, operas, oratorios and also rock and pop songs.
1955Cold War: West Germany joins NATO.[†]
The Cold War was a period of global geopolitical rivalry between the United States (US) and the Soviet Union (USSR) and their respective allies, the capitalist Western Bloc and communist Eastern Bloc, which lasted from 1947 until the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991. The term cold war is used because there was no direct fighting between the two superpowers, though each supported opposing sides in regional conflicts known as proxy wars. In addition to the struggle for ideological and economic influence and an arms race in both conventional and nuclear weapons, the Cold War was expressed through technological rivalries such as the Space Race, espionage, propaganda campaigns, embargoes, and sports diplomacy.
In 1955, the world population was approximately 2,740,213,792 people[†]