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Stassen tells subcom he hopes UN Assembly will endorse Eisenhower plan and ask its extension to nations other than US and USSR; other reprs less optimistic; Sobolev asks Stassen whether plan is restricted to US and USSR
McCutchen wins $64,000, 1st to do so; aided by father; illus; Mrs M Power at $16,000 mark
US State Dept pleased by Adenauer steadfastness
Dr Dehler critical
Orgn marks 10th anniv with pub of The State of Food and Agriculture, 1955
1955Steve Berlin, American saxophonist, keyboard player, and producer[†]
Steven M. Berlin is an American saxophonist, keyboardist and record producer, best known as a member of the rock group Los Lobos and, before that, Top Jimmy & the Rhythm Pigs, the Blasters, and the Flesh Eaters. Berlin is married and lives with his wife and children in Portland, Oregon. Berlin joined the band Tuatara as a side project in 1998 on their second album, Trading with the Enemy.
1955Geraldine Brooks, Australian-American novelist and journalist[†]
Geraldine Brooks is an Australian American journalist and novelist whose 2005 novel March won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.
1955William Jackson, Scottish harp player and composer[†]
William Jackson is a Scottish harpist and composer.
1955Edu Manzano, American-Filipino actor and politician[†]
Eduardo "Edu" Barrios Manzano is a Filipino actor, television presenter, and politician. He hosted the game shows The Weakest Link, Pilipinas, Game KNB?, 1 vs. 100, Asar Talo Lahat Panalo!, and Game 'N Go.
1955Pope Leo XIV[†]
Pope Leo XIV is head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State. He is the first pope to have been born in the United States and North America, the first to hold American and Peruvian citizenship, the first from the Order of Saint Augustine, and the second from the Americas.
In 1955, the world population was approximately 2,740,213,792 people[†]