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F Crystal urges Fed tax added to income tax to meet costs of damages from disasters such as floods and non-mil nuclear explosions, Sen com hearing, NYC
Egypt repts 70 Egyptians killed or missing, 200 Israelis killed, El Sabha; Israel claims 5 Israelis killed, 8 wounded; repts El Sabha post attacked because of its support of post in zone; claims UN officials made 4 requests that Egypt withdraw troops; issues statement covering 19 points in dispute since '49 over demilitarized zone; holds Israel used 3,000 to attack post manned by 100; UN personnel barred from battle scene; maps
Hammarskjold makes new proposals to Egypt and Israel for restoring order in zone after meeting with Western Big 3 reprs; Egypt admits moving up 'check poets' few meters inside zone, lr to Security Council; offers to withdraw them if Israel withdraws; Eban backs Israeli El Auja attack; Syria repts Israel masses troops on border holds Israeli arty attacked, Nov 1
US Pub Health Service repts development of vaccine effective against 'cold-type' APC (adenoidal, pharyngeal, conjunctival) virus by team of 7 scientists directed by Dr Huebner; vaccine effective against worst (type 3) of 10 viruses, pooled vaccine effective against types 3,4 and 7 viruses which particularly strike mil recruits; vaccines expected for all 10; type 3 tested on large groups of prisoners, Md and Ohio; no early gen use seen but drug cos weigh mass production; mil authorities back field tests; Drs Haas, Huebner, Bell comment
Pinay charges USSR plan seeks to communize whole nation; Dulles questions USSR good faith on heads-of-state directive; lauds free elections concept; Macmillan charges USSR seeks to put clock back; Molotov defends proposals; lauds controlled elections; West concentrates on reunification at conf to hold Ger support; Molotov's diversionary tactics noted
1955Alhaj Moulana Ghousavi Shah, Indian author, poet, and scholar[†]
Moulana Ghousavi Shah is a Muslim Mystic Teacher, Writer and Columnist who is famous as a great humanist in south India. He is from Jami-us-Salasil.
1955Matti Vanhanen, Finnish journalist and politician, 40th Prime Minister of Finland[†]
Matti Taneli Vanhanen is a Finnish politician who served as Prime Minister of Finland from 2003 to 2010. He was also Chairman of the Centre Party in 2006. In his earlier career, he was a journalist. Vanhanen is the son of professor Tatu Vanhanen and Anni Tiihonen.
1955Robert E. Sherwood, American playwright and screenwriter (born 1896)[†]
Robert Emmet Sherwood was an American playwright and screenwriter.
1955Cy Young, American baseball player and manager (born 1867)[†]
Denton True "Cy" Young was an American Major League Baseball (MLB) pitcher. Born in Gilmore, Ohio, he worked on his family's farm as a youth before starting his professional baseball career. Young entered the major leagues in 1890 with the National League's Cleveland Spiders and pitched for them until 1898. He was then transferred to the St. Louis Cardinals franchise. In 1901, Young jumped to the American League and played for the Boston Red Sox franchise until 1908, helping them win the 1903 World Series. He finished his career with the Cleveland Naps and Boston Rustlers, retiring in 1911.
In 1955, the world population was approximately 2,740,213,792 people[†]