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Eisenhower rejects letting Kefauver aides search Budget Bur files, news conf; in effect says no corruption can be found there; says all pertinent data has been pub; denies Wenzell had anything to do with contract; will look into issue and pub any Wenzell recommendations if made; Kefauver says statements show Pres is still uninformed, lr to Pres; says Wenzell testimony before SEC showed he was called to Budget Bur for confs on contract; White House says Wenzell was in Bur from Jan 14 to Apr 3 '54, left wk before Dixon-Yates made 1st definite proposal; Kefauver charge that 1st Boston aide P Miller was called to Washington by Wenzell at Hughes request recalled; Hughes denial noted
Atkinson halts temporarily USN patrols over Bering Sea to study reasons for attack and steps to protect slow-flying planes; P2V-5's mission noted; pilot comments
Port of NY Authority assures NYC that its expansion program, involving removal of large parcels from tax rolls, will not entail financial loss
Testifies, Sen Internal Security subcom, on his Communist affiliation, '37-42, on spying for USSR, on newspaper assocs also then affiliated with Communists
1955Brian Vollmer, Canadian singer[†]
Brian Joseph Vollmer is the lead singer and only remaining original member of Canadian hard rock group Helix. Since the band's inception in 1974, Vollmer had gone from lead singer to de facto leader of the band, weathering numerous lineup changes. Vollmer was born in Listowel, Ontario before relocating to Kitchener.
1955Egils Levits, Latvian judge, jurist, 10th President of Latvia[†]
Egils Levits is a Latvian politician, lawyer, political scientist and jurist who served as the tenth president of Latvia from 2019 to 2023. He was a member of the European Court of Justice from 2004 to 2019.
In 1955, the world population was approximately 2,740,213,792 people[†]