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French level 9 villages near Constantine
Benson welcomes USSR delegates, Washington; he and Matskevich exch gifts; Benson entertains group at luncheon featuring foods created by US Agr Dept research service; lauds delegates good will; gives them requested agr data; delegates most impressed by US mechanization gains; visit Mt Vernon; Matskevich lays wreath on G Washington tomb; USSR Embassy reception for delegates attended by Benson, Asst Sec Butz, and other US aides; illus; USSR permits reception to be televised by CBS, 1st TV broadcast ever made from any USSR embassy
Joint (Larkin) com opens hearing, NYC, on alleged communism in NYS summer camps; cites documents indicating exploitation of child campers is estab Communist tactic; Camp Kinderland mgr D Green testifies; identified by com as Communist and ex-officer of Internatl Workers Order (IWO), dissolved for pro-Communist activities; denounces probe; invokes 5th Amendment over 30 times; com links camp to IWO; H Sandler, officer of co operating Camp, testifies; invokes 5th Amendment when queried on Camp ties with IWO; former camper repts Communist system and heroes were glorified; Green por
US undecided on whether to vote to place Moroccan issue on UN agenda
US AEC Chmn Strauss says conf shows USSR lags behind US in development; says USSR leads US in developing nuclear scientists and engineers
1955David Learner, British actor[†]
David Francis Somerville Learner is a British actor who is best known for playing Marvin the Paranoid Android in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and Pickle in the CITV adventure game show Knightmare. He studied at RADA alongside Alan Rickman and Trevor Eve and has appeared in numerous stage plays and radio productions.
In 1955, the world population was approximately 2,740,213,792 people[†]