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SAN FRANCISCO, June 25 -- Vyacheslav M. Molotov, the Soviet Foreign Minister, said today the Soviet Union favored an all-German government that would not be an extension of either the East German or the West German regime.
The wheels of production in New York's women's apparel industry will begin turning at a faster pace this week.
BOULDER, Colo., June 25 -- Arnie Sowell of the University of Pittsburgh today became the second American to better unofficially the listed world record when he won the National Amateur Athletic Union 880-yard run in 1:47.6.
WHEN his friends reflect upon years of personal association with John Golden, such a procession of anecdotes crowd into their memories that a tape recorder would be required to preserve them. Perhaps it might be a good idea for some of his friends and cronies to gather together periodically with such a device. While these memories are fresh, they should be taped for the tale of a life well lived.
Bolivian exude, flowing down Andes pipeline, may provide energy for 'petroelec' unit near Arica, Chile
1955Mick Jones, English singer-songwriter and guitarist[†]
Michael Geoffrey Jones is a British musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer best known as co-founder and lead guitarist of punk rock band the Clash, until his dismissal by frontman Joe Strummer in 1983. In 1984, he formed Big Audio Dynamite with Don Letts. Jones has played with the band Carbon/Silicon along with Tony James since 2002 and was part of the Gorillaz live band for a world tour in 2010. In late 2011, Jones collaborated with Pete Wylie and members of the Farm to form the Justice Tonight Band.
1955Gedde Watanabe, American actor[†]
Gary "Gedde" Watanabe is an American actor. He is known for voicing the character of Ling in the animated film Mulan (1998) and its sequel Mulan II (2004), as well as playing Long Duk Dong in the film Sixteen Candles (1984), Takahara "Kaz" Kazihiro in Gung Ho (1986), and Nurse Yosh Takata in the NBC medical drama ER from 1997 to 2003. He was also an original cast member of the Stephen Sondheim musical Pacific Overtures.
1955Engelbert Zaschka, German engineer (born 1895)[†]
Engelbert Zaschka was a German chief engineer, chief designer and inventor. Zaschka is one of the first German helicopter pioneers and he is a pioneer of flying with muscle power and the folding car. Zaschka devoted himself primarily to aviation and automotive topics, but his work was not limited to them.
1955The South African Congress Alliance adopts the Freedom Charter at the Congress of the People in Kliptown.[†]
The Freedom Charter was the statement of core principles of the South African Congress Alliance, which consisted of the African National Congress (ANC) and its allies: the South African Indian Congress, the South African Congress of Democrats and the Coloured People's Congress. It is characterised by its opening demand, "The People Shall Govern!"
In 1955, the world population was approximately 2,740,213,792 people[†]