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Secretary of State Dulles proposed yesterday a program to end hostilities between Israel and her Arab neighbors.
no basic changes in ties seen; Shigemitsu in Hot Springs, Va
Australia wins singles matches, opening day
issue of whether Sultan or Grandval should resign 1st blocks Aix-les-Bains accord; Sultan reluctant, communique; Pinay, other conservative Cabinet members threaten to resign unless Grandval leaves 1st; Leblanc charges Grandval recd repeated warnings on Oued Zem; nationalist reptdly oppose Grandval resignation; Morocco Socialists Fed opposes it, wire to French Socialist party exec com; Grandval in Paris to see Faure; Faure optimistic on solution; unsettled points in Aix-les-Bains accord include where Sultan should go, whether ex-Sultan should come to France from Madagascar, composition of projected Govt
2 tribes, Oued Zem area, surrender; Brig Gen Franchi, in surrender ceremony, denounces Smala tribe as 'stinking jackals'; gives all 5 days to give up arms
1955Robert Richardson, American cinematographer[†]
Robert Bridge Richardson, ASC is an American cinematographer.
1955Diana Scarwid, American actress[†]
Diana Scarwid is a retired American actress. She is best known for her portrayal of Christina Crawford in Mommie Dearest (1981). She received nominations for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Inside Moves (1980), and the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie for Truman (1995).
1955The first edition of the Guinness Book of Records is published in Great Britain.[†]
Guinness World Records, known from its inception in 1955 until 1999 as The Guinness Book of Records and in previous United States editions as The Guinness Book of World Records, is a British reference book published annually, listing world records both of human achievements and the extremes of the natural world. Sir Hugh Beaver created the concept, and twin brothers Norris and Ross McWhirter co-founded the book in London in August 1955.
In 1955, the world population was approximately 2,740,213,792 people[†]