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Min Pham Van Dong repts N Vietnam ready to conf with S Vietnam on '56 gen elections; stresses unity of nation; S Vietnam officials say Govt is not committed to elections, did not sign Geneva truce
Reaches accord with UAW for 3-yr pact providing cash benefits for laid-off workers, establishing new principle of co responsibility for employes
mins to meet June 16,17
Christian Dems win 38.6% of vote, gain over '51; extreme Left wins 30.5%, slight gain; Monarchists gain, neo-Fascists lose ground; minor parties overwhelmed
1955Lux Radio Theatre signs off the air permanently. The show launched in New York in 1934, and featured radio adaptations of Broadway shows and popular films.[†]
Lux Radio Theatre, sometimes spelled Lux Radio Theater, a classic radio anthology series, was broadcast on the NBC Blue Network (1934–35) ; CBS Radio network (1935–54), and NBC Radio (1954–55). Initially, the series adapted Broadway plays during its first two seasons before it began adapting films. These hour-long radio programs were performed live before studio audiences. The series became the most popular dramatic anthology series on radio, broadcast for more than 20 years and continued on television as the Lux Video Theatre through most of the 1950s. The primary sponsor of the show was Unilever through its Lux Soap brand.
In 1955, the world population was approximately 2,740,213,792 people[†]