August 9, 1955

UN Secretariat study sees demand increased 8 times by 2000 AD; Profs Mason, Robinson see demand growth at annual rate of 3%; all estimates assume continued improvement in efficiency of fuel use; stress supplementing current sources; Prof Bhabha holds Indian resources too small to raise living standard to US levels

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storm reaches critical stage 450 mi E of Titusville, Fla; winds 135 mph; mil planes and ships evacuated from NC, Va, bases; coast from Jacksonville, Fla, to Block Is, RI, alerted

Pate testifies Gallagher beat to death unidentified sick fellow-POW; says he made pledge to bring murderer to justice; Evans testifies he discovered frozen bodies of Baxter and Jones Feb '51 outside hut; Pate says he led group of 'reactionaries' that sought to frustrate Communist indoctrination; says Gallagher informed captors of group activities, suggested to captors that group members be shot; says he was confined in solitary 48 days, then sentenced to 1 yr at hard labor for 67 offenses including sabotaging studies; says he planted C L Nordin to be his 'intelligence officer' while playing role of 'progressive,'

orders repeated arrests to force gamblers into legal employment