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Vishinsky calls Security Council session on Lebanese complaint over Nahhalin incident and on Israel's complaints over Jordan's truce violations and refusal to attend talks; Eban lists complaints; speculation
Eisenhower, in implied ref to McCarthy, warns on abuses of Cong investigative power, radio-TV s
Eisenhower warns on abuses, radio-TV s
rebels attack N end of Dienbienphu airfield; repulsed after 10 hrs; 1,000 rebels reptd killed; observers see attack designed to prevent wounded evacuation; damaged airstrip forces Navarre to cancel ambulance plans; 20,000 rebels reptd headed toward Dienbienphu; French launch clean-up drive against rebels threatening transport areas, Hanoi, maps
Sec Eden pledges Brit effort to seek disarmament; holds inspection vital
In 1954, the world population was approximately 2,685,894,860 people[†]