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WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 -The Controller General has ruled that the Air Force may not go ahead with a long-term privately owned air defense communications network without specific authorization from Congress.
Peron attempts to flee Argentina aboard Paraguayan gunboat; accompanied by aide-de-camp Maj Cialceta; rebels seek his capture at all costs; ship reptdly awaiting safe-conduct; Paraguayan Amb Chaves gives details of plea for asylum
UN Assembly recognizes Peronist delegation despite Govt overthrow; Commodore Riportella, head of Air Force units in Western zone (Mendoza, San Juan and San Luis Provs), says rebel junta would seek immediate elections for return to const govt, int, Mondoza; bars further 'mil govts or dictatorships' or reprisals; repts rebels control most of country but that loyalists largely control BA; concedes latter hold airbase at Rio Cuarto, Cordoba Prov, with about 40 jet fighters; repts rebel commands and leaders are: Western zone, self, Lagos and Arandia; central zone (Cordoba Prov), Lonardi, Videla Balaguer, Commodore Krauss; Rio de la Plata zone, Rojas, Bengoa; Mendoza quiet after troops kill 40 armed Labor Confed members who had killed 3 soldiers
F Urrutia (Colombia) says Chou, during conf, condemned UN decisions as illegal
full sovereignty granted by USSR in pact signed at Moscow; USSR troops to remain, but not intervene in internal affairs
1955Richard Hieb, American engineer and astronaut[â ]
Richard James Hieb is a former NASA astronaut and a veteran of three Space Shuttle missions. He was a mission specialist on STS-39 and STS-49, and was a payload commander on STS-65. After leaving NASA he worked at AlliedSignal and Orbital before spending 14 years as an executive at Lockheed Martin. He is currently a faculty member in the University of Colorado Boulder Smead Aerospace Engineering Sciences Department.
1955Israel Katz, Israeli politician[â ]
Israel Katz is an Israeli politician and member of the Knesset for Likud currently serving as Minister of Defense and a member of the Security Cabinet of Israel. Katz has been recognized for his role in modernizing Israelâs transportation infrastructure, including the expansion of highways, the development of high-speed rail, and reforms to Israelâs ports that increased competition and reduced shipping costs. Katz has previously served as Minister of Agriculture, Minister of Transport, Minister of Intelligence, Minister of Energy, Minister of Finance, and twice as Minister of Foreign Affairs. On 5 November 2024, it was announced that he would be nominated by Prime Minister Netanyahu as Defense Minister after Yoav Gallant was dismissed.
1955Mika Kaurismäki, Finnish director, producer, and screenwriter[â ]
Mika Juhani Kaurismäki is a Finnish film director.
In 1955, the world population was approximately 2,740,213,792 people[â ]