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Instructs Vice Pres Nixon to call and chair Cabinet and Natl Security Council meetings during absence from Washington; text
Big 3 challenge USSR right to give up W Ger-W Berlin border control; stress that Allied Control accords are still valid
143 motormen rept 'sick'; suspended; say new schedules cut idle time between runs; Queens IND rush-hr service cut 50%; delays in other boras; Cuill denounces slowdown; blames enemies of TWU; Amer Transport Union treas DeVito scores Quill; holds schedule change part of price TWU paid for new pact; Motor Coach union rally protests TWU exclusive bargaining rights
Yankees win 6th game, 5-1
1955John Rutherford, Scottish rugby player[†]
John Young Rutherford is a former Scotland international rugby union player. His regular playing position was Fly half.
1955Jorge Valdano, Argentinian footballer, coach, and manager[†]
Jorge Alberto Francisco Valdano Castellanos is an Argentine former football player, coach, and the former general manager of Real Madrid. He is currently working as a commentator for beIN Sports. Nicknamed "The Philosopher of Football", he played as a forward.
1955Alexander Papagos, Greek general and politician, 152nd Prime Minister of Greece (born 1883)[†]
Alexandros Papagos was a Greek military officer who led the Hellenic Army in World War II and the later stages of the subsequent Greek Civil War.
In 1955, the world population was approximately 2,740,213,792 people[†]