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Conn Motor Vehicles Comr urges standardized program for giving regis data to communities
Egyptians held satisfied with abrogation of pacts; adamant that Brit must withdraw before any settlement can be considered; absence of violence stressed; cartoon
WASHINGTON, Oct. 13--The Yale University researchers who were officially engaged to determine how many of our security secrets found their way into the public prints received no other guidance than that they were to act as if they were Russian spies.
F-86s patrol 'MIG Alley'; unchallenged; other planes hit supply lines
1951Aad van den Hoek, Dutch cyclist[†]
Aad van den Hoek is a former Dutch cyclist. He was professional between 1974 and 1983 and was good friends with Gerrie Knetemann. Together they won four Tour de France team time trial stages with their team TI-Raleigh. In 1976 he finished last in the general classification of the Tour de France and carried the Lanterne rouge.
In 1951, the world population was approximately 2,543,130,380 people[†]