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December 22, 1955

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ALGERIA FIGHTING MOUNTS HARPLY; Day's Toll Put at 89 Dead -- Nationalists Bid Moslems Quit Government or Die ALGERIA FIGHTING MOUNTS SHARPLY

By the Associated Press

terrorists kill 5 despite improved pol climate

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BROOKLYN GARAGE UNDER PARK VOTED; Underground City Facility to House 682 Cars Approved by Planning Commission PARK IN BROOKLYN TO HIDE A GARAGE

By Charles G. Bennett

Planning Comm approves bldg of underground garage below Bklyn Civic Center; overrides Budget Dir Beame

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TRUCE CHIEF SAYS ISRAELI REPRISALS MAY LEAD TO WAR; Burns Calls Attack on Syrian Posts Dec. 11 'Deliberate Violation' of Armistice REPORTS TO U.N. COUNCIL Retaliation on Large Scale Seems Greatly to Exceed Provocations, He Asserts WAR DANGER SEEN IN ISRAEL'S RAIDS

By Kathleen Teltschspecial To the New York Times

Burns warns Israeli reprisal policy may lead to war, rept to Security Council; holds Dec 11 raid was 'deliberate violation'; repts 56 Syrians, 6 Israelis killed; suggests Israeli-Syrian conflict over fishing rights can be settled readily; urges early exch of prisoners; other proposals; Egypt and Israel charge each other with air violations; Syrian Army denies orders to fire on Israeli ships on Sea of Galilee

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New Cabinet Sworn After Jordan Riots; Caretaker Government in Jordan Sworn After Riots Against Pact

By Dispatch of The Times, London

Hashim forms caretaker Govt; S el Rifai Deputy Premier and Foreign Min; F el Mulki Defense Min; others listed; Govt pledges not to sign any treaties before elections; demonstration, Amman; Egypt, Syria and Saudi Arabia discuss possibility of supplying econ old to Jordan to replace Brit grant; move to curb Brit influence seen

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Stevenson Son Hurt in Car Crash Fatal to 2 Harvard Classmates; Stevenson Visits Injured Son STEVENSON'S SON HURT IN COLLISION

By Special to The New York Times

North, Wm S 3d

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Notable Births

1955Galina Murašova, Lithuanian discus thrower^[†]

Galina Murašova is a retired female discus thrower, who competed for the Soviet Union at two Summer Olympics: 1980 and 1988. Her last name is sometimes also spelled as Murashova.

1955Lonnie Smith, American baseball player^[†]

Lonnie Smith is an American former Major League Baseball left fielder. He made his debut for the Philadelphia Phillies on September 2, 1978, and later played for the St. Louis Cardinals, Kansas City Royals, Atlanta Braves, Pittsburgh Pirates, and Baltimore Orioles. He overcame bouts with drug abuse to become one of the top base-stealers in baseball during the 1980s, with the seventh-most steals. He played on five pennant-winning teams, three of which won the World Series.

1955Thomas C. Südhof, German-American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate^[†]

Thomas Christian Südhof, ForMemRS, is a German-American biochemist known for his study of synaptic transmission. Currently, he is a professor in the school of medicine in the department of molecular and cellular physiology, and by courtesy in neurology, and in psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Stanford University.

Historical Context for December 22, 1955

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