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Kennedy orders 6 ptl to wear white caps, belts and gloves of reflective material on night tour; ptl illus wearing accessories on duty in Times Sq
Sen W J Mahoney, Speaker Heck accuse Harriman of superficial concern for problems
Marshall, (Gen) G C: on 75th birthday
US reaffirms continuing policy of peaceful liberation of captive peoples, White House reply to Khrushchev approved by Eisenhower, Dulles; statement recalls Eisenhower remarks at Geneva conf on Amers desire for E Eur freedoms; linked with Repub '56 Pres campaign; prepared in Eisenhower conf with Dr M S Eisenhower and K McCann
125 held as subversives, including E Vuletich, J Espejo, H de Pietro and all other former top Labor Confed leaders; most to be sent to Patagonia prisons; Govt charges them with continued opposition to regime, misuse of liberties; rumors flood BA; recording of s made by Peron in exile and mimeographed leaflets of lr in his writing circulate; Govt repts quelling plot, Resistencia, Chaco Prov; Dr E R Harraez held
1955Pula Nikolao Pula, 9th governor of American Samoa[†]
Pulaali'i Tuiteleleapaga Iuli Nikolao Pula is an American Samoan politician who is currently serving as the ninth governor of American Samoa since 2025. He ran in the 2024 American Samoan gubernatorial election and defeated incumbent Lemanu Peleti Mauga in the runoff. He is the first Republican Governor of American Samoa since 1993. Previously, he had served from 1993 to 2022 in the Office of Insular Affairs (OIA), being the OIA Director from 2002 to 2022.
1955General Motors becomes the first U.S. corporation to make over US$1 billion in a year.[†]
General Motors Company (GM) is an American multinational automotive manufacturing company headquartered in Detroit, Michigan, United States. The company is most known for owning and manufacturing four automobile brands: Chevrolet, Buick, GMC, and Cadillac, each a separate division of GM. By total sales, it has continuously been the largest automaker in the United States, and was the largest in the world for 77 years before losing the top spot to Toyota in 2008.
In 1955, the world population was approximately 2,740,213,792 people[†]