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December 3, 1955

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FRENCH SET JAN. 2 AS ELECTION DATE; Action Taken After Cabinet Gets Approval of Court -- Leftist Rally Backs Faure FRENCH SET JAN. 2 AS ELECTION DATE

By Special to The New York Times

Cabinet sets elections Jan 2; Repub Left Rally leaders confirm Faure as pres; decide to be pol party and present candidate lists; Faure appeals steering com expulsion move; defends Assembly dissolution; rejects resignation of S Radical Mins; Mitterand defends dissolution as way for Mendes-France to form non-Communist Left alliance; dissolution raises issue of succession to Pres; Assembly Pres would normally succeed if Pres left office; Deputies to get pay through Dec

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3 Auto Dealers Accuse G. M. of Forcing Wild Selling; 3 ACCUSERS FACE OFFICIALS OF G. M.

By Charles E. Eganspecial To the New York Times

Curtice and bd chmn Cloan confronted at hearing by 3 angry dealers who charge co with wild selling practices; illus; reply; call O'Mahoney suggestion that GM would or could take over retailing 'an impossible concept'; dealers criticize 1-yr sales contracts; Curtice cites dealers profits

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FORMOSA U.N. TALK AVOIDS VETO ISSUE; But Nationalist Vows to Fight Entry of Five Red States as 'Blackmail' by Soviet FORMOSA IS SILENT ON U.N. ENTRY VETO

By Lindesay Parrottspecial To the New York Times

Illus, UN Assembly com

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Huge New Port Elizabeth To Be Built in Marshland; Bi-State Authority Plans 400-Acre Project With a Mile-Long Channel ELIZABETH TO GET A 400-ACRE PORT

By George Cable Wrightspecial To the New York Times

Port Authority Chmn Lowe predicts rosy future for port once gangsterism as typified by ILA is gone

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Conant Makes Point Of East Berlin Tour; CONANT IN A TOUR OF SOVIET BERLIN

By Walter Sullivanspecial To the New York Times

Conant reaffirms US determination to stay; visits E Berlin in radio-equipped car; E Berlin press continues attacks on West

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Notable Births

1955Steven Culp, American actor^[†]

Steven Bradford Culp is an American actor. Culp appeared in films Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday (1993), James and the Giant Peach (1996), The Emperor's Club (2002), and most notably in the 2000 political thriller Thirteen Days playing Robert F. Kennedy.

Historical Context for December 3, 1955

In 1955, the world population was approximately 2,740,213,792 people^[†]