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Full commuter service has been promised for today by the New York Central. Its repair crews worked late yesterday on the 104 miles of track that were out of service because of flood damage.
Wisconsin (USS): aground 1 hr, E River, NY Harbor; map; refloated by 16 tugboats; reaches Bklyn yd safely; no damage; probe expected
Saltonstall, concerned with NY Times ed criticism, repts Sens thought they were giving to Egyptian charity; McClellan, Saltonstall, Stennis illus making gift; USSR Amb Solod conf with Nasser
Faure wins confidence vote, 308-254, on program of moderate reform; only Communists, Socialists, some Gaullists opposed; Bidault, other Deputies in majority show reservations on Govt policy
Conf opens; Harriman s; notes over 1.5 million residents are 65 or more; urges conf weigh expanded services and faculties; entertains O D Young, Grandma Moses, others; illus
1955Dan Gutman, American author[†]
Dan Gutman is an American writer, primarily of children's fiction.
1955LaSalle Ishii, Japanese actor and director[†]
LaSalle Ishii , born Akio Ishii on October 19, 1955, in Osaka Prefecture, is a Japanese TV personality, actor, director, writer, and columnist. He named himself after his high school Japanese La Salle Academy. His best-known anime role is Kankichi Ryotsu the lead character in Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Kōen-mae Hashutsujo which ran from 1999 to 2004 for 373 episodes.
1955Lonnie Shelton, American basketball player (died 2018)[†]
Lonnie Jewel Shelton was an American National Basketball Association (NBA) player who played from 1976 to 1985.
1955The General Assembly of the European Broadcasting Union approves the staging of the first Eurovision Song Contest.[†]
The Eurovision Song Contest was first held in 1956. Following a series of exchange broadcasts in 1954 through its Eurovision transmission network, the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) commissioned an international song competition, from an idea developed by Sergio Pugliese and Marcel Bezençon and originally based on the Italian Sanremo Music Festival.
In 1955, the world population was approximately 2,740,213,792 people[†]