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COLOGNE, Germany, Feb. 26 -- America's hockey all-stars, who had appeared startled in their first test against Canada, regained their composure today and scored an 8-1 triumph over Finland in the world amateur hockey championship.
Bundestag approves W Ger admission to W Eur Union and NATO (rearmament) on 2d reading, 315-153; Soc Dem move to delay NATO membership pending another try at reunification defeated, 308-163; Adenauer illus in debate
Econ Progress Natl Conf, (Keyserling group) offers program to create 2 1/2 million jobs, '55
set to merge with 1st Natl of Mineola, 1st Natl of Glen Cove, Roslyn Natl and Nassau County Trust
AFL pres Meany vows merged AFL-CIO will not tolerate bias; CIO gen counsel Goldberg sees more effective anti-bias campaign with merged orgn; scores Quill stand
In 1955, the world population was approximately 2,740,213,792 people[†]