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NYCTA drops conveyor belt plan; holds cost chief factor; will modernize present facilities instead, take some load off shuttle by opening new tunnel linking Queens IND and BMT, increasing services there via 60th St funnel; map
Washington diplomats rept US ready to help finance major part of unified development program; project cost put at $200 million
MacArthur says documents show he was never consulted about Yalta, statement released through aide; denies they bear out charge he supported concessions to get USSR intervention; Lincoln repts to contrary noted
Dr Theorell gets Nobel Prize for research on oxidation enzymes
Lehman supports Stevenson after confs with Harriman, DeSapio and Wagner, NYC; text; move seen setback for Harriman; Stevenson says he is not trying to split NY delegation; hails Lehman backing; move seen putting him in open conflict with DeSapio and Prendergast; Los Angeles Mirror-News poll of leading Calif Dems shows Stevenson got 82%, Kefauver 9%, Harriman 4%; 50% see Stevenson-Kefauver primary race, 11% see Stevenson-Kefauver-Harriman contest; Sen George sees Dem victory; sees Stevenson top contender; backs no one
1955Dick DeVos, American businessman[†]
Richard Marvin DeVos Jr. is an American businessman, author, and former politician. The son of Amway co-founder Richard DeVos, he was CEO of the multi-level marketing company from 1993 to 2002. In 2006, DeVos ran for Governor of Michigan but lost to the then-incumbent Democrat Jennifer Granholm. In 2012, Forbes magazine listed his father as the No. 351 richest person in the world, with a net worth of approximately US$5.4 billion. DeVos is the husband of Betsy DeVos, the former United States Secretary of Education in the first Trump administration.
1955Catherine Hardwicke, American film director, producer, and screenwriter[†]
Catherine Hardwicke is an American film director, production designer, and screenwriter. Her directorial work includes Thirteen (2003), which she co-wrote with Nikki Reed, the film's co-star, Lords of Dogtown (2005), The Nativity Story (2006), Twilight (2008), Red Riding Hood (2011), Plush (2013), Miss You Already (2015), Miss Bala (2019), Prisoner's Daughter (2022), and Mafia Mamma (2023).
1955Fred Hersch, American pianist and composer[†]
Fred Hersch is an American jazz pianist, composer, and a 17-time Grammy nominée. He was the first person to play weeklong engagements as a solo pianist at the Village Vanguard in New York City. He has recorded more than 75 of his jazz compositions.
1955Rich Mullins, American singer-songwriter (died 1997)[†]
Richard Wayne Mullins was an American contemporary Christian music singer and songwriter best known for his worship songs "Awesome God" and "Sometimes by Step". Some of his albums were listed by CCM Magazine in their ranking of the 100 Greatest Albums in Christian Music, including A Liturgy, a Legacy, & a Ragamuffin Band (1993) at No. 3, The World As Best As I Remember It, Volume One (1991) at No. 7, and Winds of Heaven, Stuff of Earth (1988) at No. 31. His songs have been performed by numerous artists, including Caedmon's Call, Five Iron Frenzy, Amy Grant, Carolyn Arends, Jars of Clay, Michael W. Smith, John Tesh, Chris Rice, Rebecca St. James, Hillsong United and Third Day. During the tribute to Rich Mullins' life at the 1998 GMA Dove Awards, Amy Grant described him as "the uneasy conscience of Christian music."
In 1955, the world population was approximately 2,740,213,792 people[†]