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Cabinet in emergency session on current strikes or strike threats by Govt workers protesting inadequacy of proposed pay rises
caretaker Govt reptdly will not reply to Arab states aid offers until after elections
Commerce Dept yr-end survey and forecast; order backlog put at $13 1/2 billion
fresh rains bring new flood; Feather River may re-flood Yuba City; health hazard stressed as water is contaminated, sewage system wrecked; typhoid shots set; some San Joaquin-Sacramento delta islands flooded as dikes break; residents evacuated; houses washed from foundations by Eel River at Pepperwood block hwy; illus; hwys being reopened; Western Pacific, Southern Pacific restore service, eliminating detour through S Calif; water supply low in Santa Cruz; conditions, Oregon; large areas re-flooded; evacuations begun from Coquille River Valley; USCG active; conditions, Nev; nearly 1,000 homeless, damage at $5 million; Reno fears new flood
Transit Advisory Comm opposes rise
1955Brad Murphey, American race car driver[†]
Brad Murphey, is a former American racecar driver in the Indy Racing League. He raced in the 1996 and 1996-1997 seasons for Hemelgarn Racing with 3 career starts, including the Indianapolis 500 where he was credited with 23rd place, but never finished a race or led a lap. His last IRL race was the inaugural 500K at Las Vegas Motor Speedway where his right leg/pelvis was broken while involved in an accident with Eddie Cheever and Stephane Gregoire on lap 29.
1955Barbara Olson, American journalist and author (died 2001)[†]
Barbara Kay Olson was an American lawyer and conservative television commentator who worked for CNN, Fox News Channel, and several other outlets. She was a passenger on American Airlines Flight 77 en route to a taping of Bill Maher's television show Politically Incorrect when it was flown into the Pentagon in the September 11 attacks.
1955Alfred Carpenter, English admiral, Victoria Cross recipient (born 1881)[†]
Vice-Admiral Alfred Francis Blakeney Carpenter, VC was a Royal Navy officer who was selected by his fellow officers and men to receive the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
In 1955, the world population was approximately 2,740,213,792 people[†]