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Sunada offers program to revive mil capabililty; urges Japan mfr H-bombs
lauded by Sec Thomas
Truman plans speechmaking drive; confident Dems can defeat Eisenhower by starting campaign early and bringing issues to people in every state; not available as candidate; backs Stevenson or conv nominee
Mayor Wagner plans conf with O'Malley, Cashmore; anxious to keep team in NYC; O'Malley has funds for new stadium; describes plans; seeks NYC aid to buy land; says Ebbets Field must be sold by '58; Cashmore backs Atlantic-Flatbush Avs site; map
as Burgess com member, joins in issuing com rept on US mil forces conduct as POWs
1955Bruce Benedict, American baseball player and coach[†]
Bruce Edwin Benedict is an American former professional baseball player, coach and scout. He played 12 seasons in Major League Baseball as a catcher for the Atlanta Braves from 1978 to 1989.
1955Taher Elgamal, Egyptian-American cryptographer[†]
Taher Elgamal is an Egyptian-American cryptographer and tech executive. Since January 2023, he has been a partner at venture capital firm Evolution Equity Partners. Prior to that, he was the founder and CEO of Securify and the director of engineering at RSA Security. From 1995 to 1998, he was the chief scientist at Netscape Communications. From 2013 to 2023, he served as the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of Security at Salesforce.
In 1955, the world population was approximately 2,740,213,792 people[†]