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In 1955, the world population was approximately 2,740,213,792 people[†]
Min Martin (Canada) urges UN members aid big powers efforts to ease tension, s, Assembly; Min Popovic sees better climate; cites improvement In Yugoslav-USSR bloc relations
Press conf with Dr P D White and Maj Gen Snyder on Pres Eisenhower's condition
Submits resignation as Waterfront Comm exec dir and gen counsel; to resume private law practice
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R C Hendon sees factory workers employed on yr-round salaried basis within 'our lifetime,' s, Amer Mgt Assn
NYSE price break linked to belief Eisenhower will not run; Hall says illness will not change Repub plans, ints, NYC and Washington
I FELT as if I had lived five lifetimes in my first five days as President. I was beginning to realize how little the Founding Fathers had been able to anticipate the preparations necessary for a man to become President so suddenly. It is a mighty leap from the Vice Presidency to the Presidency when one is forced to make it without warning.
gunboat stops outside Buenos Aires harbor; Govt source says safe-conduct has not been issued, negotiations not begun; says both Argentina and Paraguay demand 'certain guarantees'; Argentina seen demanding ltd stay in Paraguay
$14-billion stock mkt drop seen not affecting whole econ
GB reptdly protests US offer, holding it should not be made under Egyptian threat of bargaining with USSR; US State Dept repts US has 'agreed in principle' to sell Egypt arms and is weighing specific items
Spain formally applies; Lodge says US backs bid; UN bar to Spain while Gen Franco is in power recalled
Stephanopoulos scores UN vote; charges Harding apptmt means GB has 'declared war' on Cypriotes