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In 1955, the world population was approximately 2,740,213,792 people[†]
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
leaves Peiping
Alrae Hotel: 3 get $35,000 in cash and jewelry; believed same who stole $4,000 in cash and jewels in Oct
wants method changed; calls bldg costs too high, tolls too low; appts 5-man study group; lists objections to certain aspects of plan worked out by ex-Gov Lodge and Lehman Bros; compares Conn expressway tolls and bldg costs with those of other major thruway s
OAS Council urges CR and Nicaragua avoid aggravating tension; defers further action after Nicaraguan Amb G Sevilla Sacasa denies CR charges and insists on time to send them to his Govt; Facio urges immediate action to stop threatened invasion; both illus; Sevilla Sacasa charges CR invented charges to distract attention from internal discontent; charges Figueres with close ties to Leftists in Hemisphere; US silent; Nicaragua's recent fighter plane purchase from Sweden recalled
Sen Hults and Assemblyman Barbiero offer bills to restore 5% share of tax formerly alloted to NYC and to Nassau and Saratoga counties; $15.2-million net gain would deprive NYS of that amt; Hults comments
Communist China and Yugoslavia set up diplomatic ties after talks by envoys, Moscow; Premier Chou En-lai and Sec Popovic exch wires; Chinese initiative seen move to sease slight to Yugoslavs who offered recognition 5 yrs ago; exch completes normalization of ties with USSR bloc
Dem Steering Com eases seniority rules to return Sens Barkley and O'Mahoney to their former major com posts; nominates Morse for Foreign Relations Banking and DC Coms; other com assignments; Johnson comment; Barkley, Morse illus
Agr Dept repts disposal of $84 million of surpluses; CCC holdings at $7 billion, Nov 30
UN Permanent Bd repts world supply totals 1,700 tons, sufficient for 2 1/2 yrs, annual rept