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US welcomes Pope's plea; backs ban on weapons tests and use if tied to control and inspection; Voice of Amer broadcasts stand; stresses Pope tied ban to control
Estimate Bd appropriates $42 million for new bldg, record for single session; Wagner repts '55 appropriations total record $114 1/2 million, $44 1/2 million above '54; sees need for further expansion; Silver comments; new fund to be used for 15 projects, including 3 modernizations; '55 program revd; figures
talks collapse; Rahman rejects Communists terms; Ching Peng says Communists will never surrender; Rahman sees fight to the finish; to withdraw amnesty offer; Marshall disappointed over outcome; map
special fleet of unmarked police cars manned by ptl in full uniform to start safety drive; Kennedy comments
Additional documents of US record of role in Yalta Conf pub
1955Rex Ingamells, Australian poet and author (born 1913)[†]
Reginald Charles (Rex) Ingamells was an Australian poet, generally credited with being the leading light of the Jindyworobak Movement.
In 1955, the world population was approximately 2,740,213,792 people[†]