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Controller Gerosa again accuses Port Authority of failure to live up to '47 airport agreement, Estimate Bd hearing; charges $100-million development program only half fulfilled
Stevenson announces candidacy, statement read before newsreel and TV cameras, Chicago; cites as reasons belief that Dems should resume White House control, that representative people will welcome him, that every citizen should contribute to betterment of world; illus
US Adm decides to cut aid as much as 20% below appropriations, hold savings in reserve
Pres Eisenhower reaffirms US will guarantee settlement by pacts with Israel and her neighbors, lr to Rabbi Silver read at NYC rally; holds security in area must be based on just and reasonable settlement; text
joins Eisenhower at Gettysburg
1955HĂ©ctor CĂșper, Argentine footballer, coach, and manager[â ]
HĂ©ctor RaĂșl CĂșper is an Argentine football manager and former player who was most recently head coach of the Syria national team.
1955Pierre Larouche, Canadian ice hockey player and coach[â ]
Pierre Roland Larouche is a Canadian former professional ice hockey forward who played in the National Hockey League for the Pittsburgh Penguins, Montreal Canadiens, Hartford Whalers, and New York Rangers between 1974 and 1988. He was a two-time Stanley Cup winner with the Canadiens.
1955Guillermo Lasso, Ecuadoran businessman, 47th President of Ecuador[â ]
Guillermo Alberto Santiago Lasso Mendoza is an Ecuadorian businessman, banker and politician who served as the 47th president of Ecuador from 2021 to 2023. He was the country's first conservative president in nearly two decades, marking a shift in the country's electorate.
1955Jun Kunimura, Japanese actor[â ]
Jun Kunimura is a Japanese actor who has performed in Japan, the United States, and Hong Kong. He won Best Supporting Actor and the Popular Star Award at the 37th Blue Dragon Film Awards for his performance in the South Korean horror film The Wailing, directed by Na Hong-jin.
1955Esteban Trapiello, Venezuelan businessman[â ]
JesĂșs Esteban Trapiello GonzĂĄlez is a Venezuelan businessman linked to Chavismo. He has been a director of the television channel TVes and is currently president of the regional channel TeleAragua and of the radio station Aragueña 99.5 Fm of the National Network of Public Media of the governor's office of Aragua state. Trapiello has been denounced for using social networks to discredit and harass opponents.
In 1955, the world population was approximately 2,740,213,792 people[â ]