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Diane 325 mi ESE of Charleston, moving 14-15 mph; warnings up from Fenandina, Fla, to Wilmington, NC; alert extended to Va Capes; ARC alerts chaps from Fla to S Va; Navy events canceled; 500 mil aircraft just returned to coastal bases sent inland; map; Miami Weather Bur plotting of course illus
US State Dept doubts softer policy will cause NATO nations to let down defense effort
5 armed raiders flee after attempt to seize arms from Brit Camp Kinmel, Wales; map; Prime Min Eden conf with Harding, Secs Head, Lloyd-George; 50,000 police, mil security agents guard against attempts to smuggle arms taken from camp near Reading, identified as Arborfield, to Ireland; truck used in raid found, London; Inquiry Ct probes raid; 3 with Irish accents reptdly queried Horfield barracks sentry; D Ryan says IRA will fight Brit Army if necessary, s, London; illus; Min Dillon warns against warfare, s, County Donegal; Min Hanna urges Irish Repub act against IRA
Dr H Brown repts extraction from granite possible and economically feasible, s, Geneva atoms-for-peace conf; R S Long, D A Ellis, R H Bailes of Dow Chem Co rept extraction from phosphate rock
Sec Humphrey urges Cong action on plan to stimulate foreign investment through tax concessions, draft to House (Cooper) com; analyzes benefits to commerce, possible problems
1955Jeff Perry, American actor[†]
Jeffrey Perry is an American actor of stage, television, and film. He is known for his role as Richard Katimski on the teen drama My So-Called Life, Terrance Steadman on Prison Break, Thatcher Grey on the medical drama series Grey's Anatomy, Cyrus Beene on the political drama series Scandal, all for ABC, and as Inspector Harvey Leek on the CBS crime drama Nash Bridges. He most recently starred on the ABC drama Alaska Daily, alongside Hilary Swank.
1955James Reilly, Irish surgeon and politician, Minister for Children and Youth Affairs[†]
James Reilly is an Irish former Fine Gael politician, businessman and medical doctor who served as a Senator from May 2016 to March 2020. He previously served as Acting Minister for Children and Youth Affairs from February to May 2016, Minister for Health from March 2011 to July 2014 and deputy leader of Fine Gael from 2010 to 2017. He was a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin North constituency from 2007 to 2016. He subsequently announced his retirement from politics after he lost his bid for election for his old seat at the 2020 general election.
In 1955, the world population was approximately 2,740,213,792 people[†]