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January 23, 1955

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Headlines from January 23, 1955

POONA II IS OUTRUN BY GREAT CAPTAIN; Choice Trails $47.70 Winner in San Marcos on Coast -- Blue Butterfly First

By the United Press

Great Captain, San Marcos Hdcp

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Penn Tops Yale, Ties Cornell for Ivy Lead; PENN'S FIVE WINS, TIES FOR IVY LEAD

By the Associated Press

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 22 -- The University of Pennsylvania went into a tie with Cornell for the Ivy Basketball League leadership by defeating Yale, 91 -- 71, tonight before a crowd of 4,938 at the Palestra.

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ROAD PLAN MEANS BULLDOZER BOOM; Earth-Moving Tool Industry to Play Big Role in 10-Year U. S. Highway Program

By Alfred R. Zipser Jr

boom in earth-moving equipment indus seen as result of program

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FREE AIRLINE RIDE OFFERED FAMILIES; Sentiment Among Prisoners' Kin Is More Favorable, but U. S. Policy Is Not Fixed

By Charles E. Egan

WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 -- The United States airlines serving the Far East are ready to give free transportation to close relatives of seventeen Americans imprisoned in Communist China if the State Department requests such service.

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Little America Base Closed; New Antarctic Camp Sought; Expedition Sails East Along Coast in Hunt for Landing Spot After Completing Tests and Leaving Letter From Commander

By Walter Sullivan

repts Little Amer camps closed; Jacobsen leaves message listing personnel of expedition; Atka sails E along coast to seek new camp

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Historical Context for January 23, 1955

In 1955, the world population was approximately 2,740,213,792 people^[†]