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Agrees to USSR plan on inspection of key mil concentration points if USSR accepts his data exch and aerial inspection plan, lr to Premier Bulganin
Amer Legion urges Cong probe UNESCO 'interference' with educ system
Paraguay orders Peron interned in Villarica, 75 mi from Argentine border; map
Rev com rejects as incomplete, inadequate W Ger reply to questionnaire on ability to finance arms; holds 9-billlon-Deutsche-mark yrly budget inadequate; cites gap between proposed arms levels and US aid shipments
USSR warns Iranian adherence to Turkish-Iraqi-Brit-Pakistani (Baghdad) pact contradicts certain of Iran's treaty obligations, presumably referring to '21 pact with USSR; Pravda charges move violates '27 extension of '21 pact; US State Dept sees no violation
1955Manuel Ávila Camacho, Mexican general and politician, 45th President of Mexico (born 1897)[†]
Manuel Ávila Camacho was a Mexican politician and military leader who served as the president of Mexico from 1940 to 1946. Despite participating in the Mexican Revolution and achieving a high rank, he came to the presidency of Mexico because of his direct connection to General Lázaro Cárdenas and served him as the Chief of his General Staff during the Mexican Revolution and afterwards. He was called affectionately by Mexicans "The Gentleman President". As president, he pursued "national policies of unity, adjustment, and moderation." His administration completed the transition from military to civilian leadership, ended confrontational anticlericalism, reversed the push for socialist education, and restored a working relationship with the US during World War II.
In 1955, the world population was approximately 2,740,213,792 people[†]