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October 16, 1955
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Headlines from October 16, 1955
FROM MANUSCRIPTS FOUND IN A CAVE; The Dead Sea Scrolls Bare New Clues To Our Historical and Religious Past
IN The New Yorker of May 14, 1955, Edmund Wilson achieved something of a scoop in publishing an elaborate essay on the archaic manuscripts discovered over the last eight years in caves near the Dead Sea. To be sure driblets of news about the series of finds had appeared from time to time in the popular press.
Biggest Gas Pipeline to Supply Biggest City; BIG GAS PIPELINE TO SERVE BIG CITY
Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line nears completion of 592-mi extension of 1,840-mi, 36-in diameter Texas-NY line, world's biggest; capacity boosted to 130 million cu ft daily; additional storage fields and interconnections planned to meet peak loads; 70 customers served; NYC share listed by boros; illus
CRIMSON SUBDUES COLUMBIA, 21 TO 7; Harvard Ends 6-Year Reign by Lions in Gaining First Baker Field Triumph
Aside from one concentrated drive in the third quarter, when the losers covered 70 yards in a dozen plays for their only touchdown, it was Harvard all the way for a convincing and merited 21-7 victory over Columbia yesterday at Baker Field.
Lafayette Checks Dartmouth, 21-13; LAFAYETTE WHIPS DARTMOUTH, 21-13
HANOVER, N. H., Oct. 15 -- The Lafayette Leopards unleashed a ground attack that tied up Dartmouth and enabled them to go back to Easton, Pa., with a 21-13 victory.
Notable Births

1955Kieran Doherty, Irish Republican hunger striker and politician (died 1981)[â ]
Kieran Doherty was an Irish republican hunger striker and politician who served as a Teachta DĂĄla (TD) for the CavanâMonaghan constituency from June 1981 to August 1981. He was a volunteer in the Belfast Brigade of the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA).
1955Ellen Dolan, American actress[â ]
Ellen Dolan is an American actress.
Historical Context for October 16, 1955
In 1955, the world population was approximately 2,740,213,792 people[â ]