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French move to call up reservists to reinforce troops in Morocco and Algeria indicates no more NATO troops will be shifted now
RAF Canberra makes London-NY-London flight in record 14 hrs 21 mins 45.4 seconds; avg speed put at 481.52 mph; Eng Elec to claim 3 marks
BLS repts wkly take-home pay of factory workers with 3 dependents avgd $69.84, July; repts real wages 6.3% above July '54
wildcat strike spreads; ties up Manhattan piers; ILA leaders to issue bock-to-work order; Connolly says men may not return; cites bitterness toward Comm; says union will ask NY and NJ Govs probe; walkout believed sparked by McLoughlin incident; Bradley clash with Lane over Comm investigation revealed; Bradley threatened strike; Lane says Comm will not yield in McLoughlin case; Grace Line gets show-cause order; Commerce and Indus Assn scores walkout; liner Queen Mary affected; Cunard employes unload ship
Eisenhower cuts aerial survey of stricken area because clouds block view; illus in plane; flies to Washington; trip from Denver described; Pres asks accompanying newsmen to help ARC appeal
1955Kevin Dunn, American actor[†]
Kevin Dunn is an American character actor who has appeared in supporting roles in numerous films and television series since the 1980s.
1955Mike Huckabee, American minister and politician, 44th Governor of Arkansas[†]
Michael Dale Huckabee is an American diplomat, political commentator, Baptist minister, and politician serving as the 29th United States ambassador to Israel since 2025. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the 44th governor of Arkansas from 1996 to 2007, and ran for his party's presidential nomination in both 2008 and 2016.
In 1955, the world population was approximately 2,740,213,792 people[†]