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Sens Chavez, Mansfield, Stennis see new efforts to temper cuts in light of Natl Reserve Plan rejection
BLS repts Apr record take-home pay and purchasing power for factory workers; $69.05 for worker with 3 dependents, $61,78 with no dependents
S Vietnam news agency repts France agrees to transfer troops from Saigon to Cap St Jacques area; map; Vietnamese resentment against French troops revd; Diem Govt rejects visit by French Min Laforest; Ely return to France seen
announces tentative new equalization rates; all boros except Manhattan top '54 level; city faces loss of $3.5 million it could have collected on assessment rises of past yr; equalization rates, tax limit and effect on property owners explained; hearing set
22,827 inoculated on 2d day, NYC, 69% turnout; school officials put normal absenteeism at 15%; Baumgartner warns some vaccinees might be stricken either because vaccine was ineffective for particular child or child was already infected; turnout for inoculations in suburbs and Upstate NY remains high; NJ program still delayed by PHS failure to release vaccine
1955Paul Barber, English field hockey player[†]
Paul Jason Barber is an English former field hockey player.
1955Stan Lynch, American drummer, songwriter, and producer[†]
Stanley Joseph Lynch is an American musician, songwriter and record producer. He was the original drummer for Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers for 18 years until his departure in 1994.
In 1955, the world population was approximately 2,740,213,792 people[†]