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dockers in Liverpool, Manchester and Hull vote to return; affirm loyalty to Stevedores Union; Communist pattern seen
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Eisenhower comment
J Gould on issue of added payment to performers for continued use of films on TV
NEA comm asks $500 million yrly in Fed aid; J L McCaskill says NEA, comm back Repr Kelley bill despite its inadequacy
1955Eero Heinäluoma, Finnish politician[†]
Eero Olavi Heinäluoma is a Finnish politician who has been serving as Member of the European Parliament since 2019. A former chairman of the Social Democratic Party of Finland, he was replaced in the party's leadership by Jutta Urpilainen in June 2008. He was Speaker of the Parliament of Finland from 2011–2015.
1955Kevin Nichols, Australian cyclist[†]
Kevin John Nichols is a former track cyclist and Olympic gold medallist.
In 1955, the world population was approximately 2,740,213,792 people[†]