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Abp Rummel suspends services in RC Mission of St Cecilia at Jesuit Bend, La, after parishoners bar Negro Rev G Lewis; rebukes them
Assembly deadlocked after 6 ballots in race between Philippines and Poland; Yugoslavia may be compromise; debate recessed over Lodge objections; Cuba and Australia alected; delegates illus voting; Amb Romulo (Philippines), M Nashkowski, Katz-Suchy (Poland) illus
Citizens Com for a Bedford-Stuyvesant Munic Hosp chmn Lowry urges City Planning Comm to allot funds
visits her for wk-end at her cousin's home, Binfield, heightening expectation of marriage; Townsend illus, London
Sec Humphrey to rept to Eisenhower on tax cut issue
1955Kulbir Bhaura, Indian field hockey player[†]
Kulbir Singh Bhaura is a British former field hockey player.
1955Emma Chichester Clark, English author and illustrator[†]
Emma Chichester Clark is a British children's book illustrator and author. She has published over 60 books and is best known for her series of picture books about a child's toy called Blue Kangaroo.
1955Tanya Roberts, American actress (died 2021)[†]
Tanya Roberts was an American actress. Some of her credits include playing Julie Rogers in the final season of the television series Charlie's Angels (1980–1981), Stacey Sutton in the James Bond film A View to a Kill (1985), Kiri in The Beastmaster (1982), Sheena in Sheena: Queen of the Jungle (1984), and Midge Pinciotti on That '70s Show (1998–2004).
1955Fumio Hayasaka, Japanese composer (born 1914)[†]
Fumio Hayasaka was a Japanese composer of classical music and film scores.
In 1955, the world population was approximately 2,740,213,792 people[†]