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Announces accord on Waterfront Comm aims, joint statement with Gov Meyner
Defense Dept sees Sup Ct ruling in Toth case affecting cases against J D Martin and E C Kirby
comment on coming election
UN Assembly com, 59-0, approves creating 15-nation com to study radiation effects; approves adding Argentina, Mex, Belgium, Egypt over Dixon, Wadsworth objections; rejects USSR and Syrian-Indonesian amendments and Indian amendment for wider participation; Kuznetsov deplores rejection; Dr Wei (Nationalist China) backs it; Japanese observer T Kase says Japan is happy to be on com
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1955Patricia Barber, American singer-songwriter and pianist[†]
Patricia Barber is an American songwriter, composer, singer, and pianist.
1955Jeffrey Ford, American author and educator[†]
Jeffrey Ford is an American writer in the fantastic genre tradition, although his works have spanned genres including fantasy, science fiction and mystery. His work is characterized by a sweeping imaginative power, humor, literary allusion, and a fascination with tales told within tales. He is a graduate of Binghamton University, where he studied with the novelist John Gardner.
In 1955, the world population was approximately 2,740,213,792 people[†]