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party leaders see referendum results indicative pub demand for cuts
Eisenhower repts US will weigh requests for arms needed for legitimate self-defense; warns on arms race, statement read by Under Sec Hoover at press conf; hopes other nations will help minimize violence; message seen indirect plea to USSR; Hoover comments
U of S Afr delegation walks out of UN Assembly to protest Special Pol Com decision to continue 3-man comm probe of racial policies; com vote is 37-7 with 13 abstentions; tabulation; delegation leader du Plessis attacks inquiry as 'illegal' interference with state's internal affairs; complains move was instigated by Asian-African bloc, joined by some Latin Amers; sees threat to UN; scores role of India and Pakistan; recalls late Premier Smuts '46 stand against UN intervention
Castillos, Amb Cruz Salazar and Hoover visit Eisenhower, Fitzsimons Army Hosp, Denver; are last official visitors at hosp; pose for photos; illus; Castillo presents gifts for Eisenhower grandchildren; gives Eisenhower flag with US Pres seal woven by Guatemalan nuns; Eisenhower reptd pleased
Dubois apptd to replace Boyer as Resident Gen; his status as civil servant seen putting French-Moroccan relations on new basis; mil comdr to be named; Istiqlal party to join Govt; satisfied with French recognition of independence goal buts wants '12 treaty modified
1955Jack Clark, American baseball player, coach, and manager[†]
Jack Anthony Clark, nicknamed "Jack the Ripper", is an American former professional baseball right fielder and first baseman. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the San Francisco Giants, St. Louis Cardinals, New York Yankees, San Diego Padres, and Boston Red Sox from 1975 to 1992.
1955Roland Emmerich, German director, producer, and screenwriter[†]
Roland Emmerich is a German-American filmmaker. Emmerich is widely known for his science fiction and disaster films and has been called a "master of disaster" within the movie industry. His films, most of which are English-language Hollywood productions, have made more than $3 billion worldwide, including just over $1 billion in the United States, making him the 17th-highest-grossing Hollywood director of all time.
In 1955, the world population was approximately 2,740,213,792 people[†]