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Commons rejects Labor party censure motion on subsidy cut
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Eisenhower asks Cong for $5-million supplemental appropriation for W Coast projects
prestige of Saudi Arabia and USSR in Arab countries heightened by US hasty removal of embargo on tank shipment for Saudi Arabia; Arabs credit Saudi Arabian strong stand and Arab states ability to get USSR bloc arms; Beirut Al Dyar comments; urges Arab states make full use of USSR arms offers in dealings with US and GB
com plans to resume probe of Case matter as its mandate is extended to Mar 10; Wishart queried in private by com personnel; hearing before com set; Keck may be called
In 1956, the world population was approximately 2,795,409,994 people[†]