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J Reston repts US will back Eur pool; says Monnet has been in touch with Sec Dulles on it; quotes Monnet on pool aims
5 safe as NY Airways craft makes emergency landing in Central Park; ptl gives pilot ticket, then rescinds it; illus
Bd offers Authority qualified inv for pier-improvement proposals; approves $20,333,096 for Marine and Aviation Dept
WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 -- A former chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission testified tonight that he attended three White House strategy conferences while the Dixon-Yates contract was at issue.
US State Dept reaffirms neutrality on Goa dispute; some officials reptdly concede statement was serious miscalculation; Nehru warns of further reaction; protest being drafted
1955Anne Begg, Scottish educator and politician[†]
Dame Margaret Anne Begg DBE is a Scottish politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Aberdeen South from 1997 to 2015. A member of the Labour Party, she was Chair of the Work and Pensions Select Committee from 2010 to 2015.
1955Rick Buckler, English drummer, songwriter, and producer (died 2025)[†]
Paul Richard Buckler was an English musician who was the drummer of the rock band the Jam.
1955Graeme Hughes, Australian cricketer, rugby league player, and sportscaster[†]
Graeme Christopher Hughes is an Australian sportsman turned broadcaster. He is the last man to have played both rugby league and cricket for New South Wales. His father Noel Hughes played cricket for Worcestershire in the 1950s.
1955Tony Woodcock, English footballer[†]
Anthony Stewart Woodcock is an English retired international footballer who played professionally in both England and Germany as a striker for Nottingham Forest, FC Köln and Arsenal. Woodcock won the European Cup in 1979 with Nottingham Forest.
1955Steven Wright, American actor, comedian, and screenwriter[†]
Steven Alexander Wright is an American stand-up comedian, actor, writer, and film producer. He is known for his distinctive lethargic voice and slow, deadpan delivery of ironic, philosophical and sometimes nonsensical jokes, paraprosdokians, non sequiturs, anti-humor, and one-liners with contrived situations.
1955Honus Wagner, American baseball player and manager (born 1874)[†]
Johannes Peter "Honus" Wagner was an American baseball shortstop who played 21 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1897 to 1917, mostly with the Pittsburgh Pirates. Nicknamed "the Flying Dutchman" due to his superb speed and German heritage, Wagner was a prototypical five-tool player, known for being a versatile defender who could combine a strong throwing arm with the ability to play almost any defensive position as well as being capable of hitting for average and for power. He is widely regarded as the greatest shortstop of all time. In 1936, the Baseball Hall of Fame inducted Wagner as one of the first five members.
In 1955, the world population was approximately 2,740,213,792 people[†]