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December 13, 1955

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Monroney Charges Weeks Clique Seeks to Seize 'All Civil Aviation'; MONRONEY SCORES AVIATION 'CLIQUE'

By Alvin Shusterspecial To the New York Times

Sen Monroney charges Lee was ousted from CAA because he backed Fed aid, displeasing Eisenhower Adm officials, backed 2d field for Washington, DC, over Under Sec Rothschild opposition, and told Cong 'truth' about unsafe and obsolete fields; Monroney says Lee testified jets would be ready in 3 yrs and only 7 fields could handle them

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WEST'S ARMS PLAN WINS IN U. N. UNIT; Priority Given to Proposal by President for Air Check--Soviet Still Objects WEST'S ARMS PLAN WINS IN U. N. UNIT

By Kathleen Teltschspecial To the New York Times

Lodge phones Eisenhower on com action; latter pleased

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3 TOP CITY POSTS FILLED BY MAYOR; BUDGET RISE SEEN; Preusse to Be Administrator, Theobald Deputy to Wagner and Felt Planning Head 3 TOP CITY POSTS FILLED BY MAYOR

By Charles G. Bennett

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A U. N. Committee Laughs Itself Into Adjournment; U.N. UNIT FINISHES WORK LAUGHING

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PRESIDENT HINTS BUDGET BALANCE, DELAY IN TAX CUT; Decides at Conference With Republican Chiefs to Give Farm Aid 'Top Priority' BENSON AIMS ENDORSED Housing, Roads and Schools Are Discussed -- Democrats to Join Parleys Today PRESIDENT HINTS BUDGET BALANCE

By William S. Whitespecial To the New York Times

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1955Egas Moniz, Portuguese psychiatrist and neurosurgeon, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1874)^[†]

António Caetano de Abreu Freire Egas Moniz, known as Egas Moniz, was a Portuguese neurologist and the developer of cerebral angiography. He is regarded as one of the founders of modern psychosurgery, having developed the surgical procedure leucotomy—better known today as lobotomy—for which he became the first Portuguese national to receive a Nobel Prize in 1949.

Historical Context for December 13, 1955

In 1955, the world population was approximately 2,740,213,792 people^[†]

Headlines from December 13, 1955

Monroney Charges Weeks Clique Seeks to Seize 'All Civil Aviation'; MONRONEY SCORES AVIATION 'CLIQUE'

WEST'S ARMS PLAN WINS IN U. N. UNIT; Priority Given to Proposal by President for Air Check--Soviet Still Objects WEST'S ARMS PLAN WINS IN U. N. UNIT

3 TOP CITY POSTS FILLED BY MAYOR; BUDGET RISE SEEN; Preusse to Be Administrator, Theobald Deputy to Wagner and Felt Planning Head 3 TOP CITY POSTS FILLED BY MAYOR

A U. N. Committee Laughs Itself Into Adjournment; U.N. UNIT FINISHES WORK LAUGHING

PRESIDENT HINTS BUDGET BALANCE, DELAY IN TAX CUT; Decides at Conference With Republican Chiefs to Give Farm Aid 'Top Priority' BENSON AIMS ENDORSED Housing, Roads and Schools Are Discussed -- Democrats to Join Parleys Today PRESIDENT HINTS BUDGET BALANCE

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