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Sup Soviet approves resolution backing continued exchs of parliamentary delegations
House Dems map balanced budget-tax cut formula
arrives, Cairo; met by wife; conf with Nasser; lauds Nasser leadership in revolution; Nasser hopes to strengthen ties with Yugoslavia; illus with Tito
State mediator Wolf orders El Morocco reinstate bus boy A Gonzales discharged for over-zealousness on job, Dining Room Employes dispute with club
Gerosa repts on profit realized on investment of taxes collected during peak periods and not immediately used
1955Chris Goodall, English businessman and author[†]
Christopher Frank William Goodall is an English businessman, author and expert on new energy technologies. He is an alumnus of St Dunstan's College, University of Cambridge, and Harvard Business School (MBA). He was the Green Party candidate for Oxford West and Abingdon in the 2024 general election, having run in the same constituency in 2010. He writes Carbon Commentary, a free newsletter on global advances in clean energy. His latest book, Possible: Ways to Net Zero, was published by Profile Books in March 2024.
1955Donald D. Hoffman, American quantitative psychologist and author[†]
Donald David Hoffman is an American cognitive psychologist and popular science author. He is a professor emeritus in the Department of Cognitive Sciences at the University of California, Irvine.
In 1955, the world population was approximately 2,740,213,792 people[†]