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commuters back proposed rise in monthly rates, South NJ, for PRR and Penna-Reading, PUC hearing; hail services
St repair crews from Manhattan Boro Pres office cause all-day jam in 6 secs, Midtown; illus; chief engineer Donargo repts repairs delayed till jobs accumulate; cites ltd budget; Wiley repts Traffic Dept schedules its major work for off-hrs
Sen com rejects Humphrey motion to assure decision on supports bill before Cong adjourns; adopts Anderson motion calling for pub hearings of indefinite duration; Ellender comments
Eisenhower says Adm will not 'wreck' TVA, press conf; says it has served useful purpose; Sen Gore doubts Pres; Budget Bur notifies TVA of Adm views on Apr 4 proposal for self-financing of power needs
N S Khrushchev denies USSR plans to attack W Eur
1955James Gosling, Canadian-American computer scientist, created Java[†]
James Arthur Gosling is a Canadian computer scientist, best known as the founder and lead designer behind the Java programming language.
In 1955, the world population was approximately 2,740,213,792 people[†]