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Gen Vandenberg warns against thinking fewer planes would be needed to fly atomic bombs, Sen subcom
Keating subcom hearing, Washington; Lt Bergeron testifies that his dog found Justice Dept lrs in Patuxent River, '51, that he found many others; Dept ex-aide T L Smith testifies that he threw lrs in river, that they were not official lrs, that he was not trying to protect Dept or self in discarding them; is queried on lrs pertaining to tax cases written by I T Cohen and to C Menghinni; Smith por
Appeals Ct, 6-1, upholds program const, taxpayer (Salzman) suit against Transit Authority Law
Illus with Pres Eisenhower at White House
Pan-Massachusetts and Phoenix (tankers): collide, Del River; afire
In 1953, the world population was approximately 2,634,106,235 people[†]