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Agr Dept repts record $799,061,464 loss in support operations, fiscal '55, double '54; repts $7,069,277,000 invested in support operations, June 20; total fiscal '54 losses of $1,218,538,000 greater than '36-53 losses
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Reston on reptd discord, during Moscow talks, between Amb Bohlen and Adenauer through Amb Blankenhorn; Adenauer reptd to have suggested Bohlen sent unfavorable rept to State Dept on talks because of alleged dispute with Blankenhorn; charge denied by Dept
Israel occupies El Auja demilitarized zone; says troops will stay until Egypt withdraws 2 mil positions in zone and stops interfering with Israeli attempts to mark border; Burns protests Israeli action; Israel admits entering UN armistice comm bldg in error and wounding 2 Egyptian soldiers; Egypt holds positions in zone are border check posts, not mil; scores Israeli move; maps, S
1955Jeffrey Leonard, American baseball player and coach[†]
Jeffrey N. Leonard is an American former professional baseball left fielder. He played 14 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1977 to 1990 for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Houston Astros, San Francisco Giants, Milwaukee Brewers, and Seattle Mariners.
In 1955, the world population was approximately 2,740,213,792 people[†]