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White House denies UP rept that Eisenhower delegates in NH primary recd assurances Pres would not withdraw as candidate before Mar 13 primary; Hagerty checked with Adams before issuing denial
Prof Berman (US), others rept peasants, under revised criminal code, will no longer be held criminally liable for failure to fulfill labor requirements on collectives
USSR vetoes Japan for 3d time in 3 days by voting against Lodge proposal that Council recommend Japan's admission in '56; Council rejects by abstentions Sobolev counter proposal to admit Japan and Outer Mongolia; Dixon offers compromise resolution noting Council thinks Japan is qualified; debate deferred at Sobolev request
US State Dept sees USSR veto of Japan's bid for UN membership effort to preserve bargaining pawn in talks, pressure move to force pact conclusion
Yonkers ferry seen threatened by new Thruway bridge, Tarrytown-Nyack, NY; ferry illus
1955Xander Berkeley, American actor and producer[†]
Alexander Harper Berkeley is an American actor. Since beginning his career in the early 1980s, he has appeared in over 200 film and television projects. His films include Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991), Candyman (1992), Barb Wire (1996), Air Force One (1997), Gattaca (1997), and Shanghai Noon (2000). He also appeared in the crime dramas L.A. Takedown (1989) and its remake Heat (1995), although he played a different character in each film. On television, he headlined the Citytv psychological thriller The Booth at the End (2010–2012) and was a series regular on the Fox action drama 24 (2001–2003) and The CW action thriller Nikita (2010–2012). As a guest star, Berkeley portrayed Sheriff Thomas McAllister on the CBS drama The Mentalist (2008–2013) and Gregory on the AMC post-apocalyptic horror The Walking Dead (2016–2018).
1955Carol Browner, American lawyer and environmentalist, 8th Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency[†]
Carol Martha Browner is an American lawyer, environmentalist and businesswoman who served as director of the White House Office of Energy and Climate Change Policy in the Obama administration from 2009 to 2011. Browner previously served as Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) during the Clinton administration from 1993 to 2001. She currently works as a Senior Counselor at Albright Stonebridge Group, a global business strategy firm.
1955Prince Lorenz of Belgium, Archduke of Austria-Este[†]
Prince Lorenz of Belgium, Archduke of Austria-Este is a member of the Belgian royal family as the husband of Princess Astrid of Belgium. He is the head of the House of Austria-Este, a cadet branch of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine; he has held this position since 1996.
1955Chiharu Matsuyama, Japanese singer-songwriter[†]
Chiharu Matsuyama is a Japanese folk singer and songwriter.
In 1955, the world population was approximately 2,740,213,792 people[†]