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Pres Eisenhower asks Cong approval for US role in proposed Internatl Finance Corp linked with IBRD and for funds for US and UN tech aid programs, special message
US Sup Ct upholds NYS Sup Ct ruling denying NYC right to impose gross business tax on out-of-state cos with offices in NYC and engaging exclusively in interstate commerce, United Piece Dye Works (NJ) case; 21 similar cases pending
100 Communist planes raid Tachen Islands; map
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Alrae Hotel: 3 get $35,000 in cash and jewelry; believed same who stole $4,000 in cash and jewels in Oct
In 1955, the world population was approximately 2,740,213,792 people[†]