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Joe Louis was said yesterday to have demanded a taxfree "under-the-table" fee of $100,000 in addition to his contract percentage for a championship fight.
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WASHINGTON, May 2-- Official Washington paid its final respects today to Alben W. Barkley. Led by President Eisenhower, Government and political leaders attended a funeral service at Foundry Methodist Church for the ...
WASHINGTON, May 2--A high-level split over international policy added new stresses today to the internal problems of the united labor movement.
Sup Ct issues temporary writ halting work; orders full hearing on permanent injunction; Justice Hofstadter comments; Moses to push plans despite order; police bar mothers attempts to solicit funds for legal fees; Greenwich Village Assn opposes parking lot
In 1956, the world population was approximately 2,795,409,994 people[†]