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Harriman weighs declaring 6 Upstate counties drought disaster areas
Bulgaria admits its fighters downed plane; holds pilots 'too hasty'; pledges punishment and steps to bar recurrence; links internatl tension; offers to pay damages to victims kin and to share cost of plane; reprs of US, GB, France, Canada, Australia, Turkey, USSR arrive for victims funeral, Tel Aviv
BRT pres Kennedy orders strike postponed pending mediation
Dixon sees need for negotiations to void pact; Controller Gen holds pact defective in not providing for cancellation as Eisenhower directed; Weitzel finds Govt cannot exercise option to take Dixon-Yates property unless Dixon-Yates agrees to amend pact; Dixon, James suggest amendment or waiver by Dixon-Yates of some secs; Kefauver challenges Dixon right to negotiate, sign pact; quotes Fed Power Act in noting FPC had not approved Dixon as pres of Mississippi Valley Generating Co; Dixon, James reply; Kefauver says Dixon acted at own peril in buying land, equipment; Dixon replies; James says his fees will be included in cost to Govt; Dixon denies seeking or getting any special favors from SEC or any Fed agency; Kefauver expects interim rept on some issues raised during hearings; says Justice Dept will get hearing record because of 'conflicts' in testimony; indicates Eisenhower was inconsistent in handling cases of Wenzell and H E Talbott who resigned as Air Sec because of partnership in private co; James, Dixon refuse to discuss case; hearings recessed
1955Alberto Gonzales, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 80th United States Attorney General[†]
Alberto R. Gonzales is an American lawyer who served as the 80th United States Attorney General from 2005 to 2007 and was the highest-ranking Hispanic American in executive government in American history until the appointment of Marco Rubio as Secretary of State in 2025. He previously served as Secretary of State of Texas, as a Texas Supreme Court Justice, and as White House Counsel, becoming the first Hispanic to hold that office.
1955Billy Bob Thornton, American actor, director, and screenwriter[†]
Billy Bob Thornton is an American actor, filmmaker, singer and songwriter. He received international attention after writing, directing and starring in the independent drama film Sling Blade (1996), for which he won an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor. For his role in A Simple Plan (1998) he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.
In 1955, the world population was approximately 2,740,213,792 people[†]