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June 1, 1956

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Export Guarantees In World Aid Plan Studied by Traders; World Fund to Stabilize Exports Considered by Group in Europe Commodities Would Be Stored Krupp Plan Is Recalled

By Arthur J. Olsen Special To the New York Times

Trade circles, Hamburg, study proposals for guaranteed export mkts to aid underdeveloped areas; would create large internatl stabilization fund to maintain export earnings stability; means to neutralize USSR drive seen

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Soil Bank to Pay This Year For Crops Plowed Under; Some Pre-Election Benefits SOIL BANK BEGINS ON LIMITED SCALE

By John D. Morris Special To the New York Times

Benson repts soil bank payments now available for withdrawing land, plowing under crops that are not too far advanced; sets rates; says delay in bill enactment offers some justification for 'plow-under' payments

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Dead Sea Scrolls Tell of Treasure; 'Key' to Vast Riches Written on Copper Is Deciphered DEAD SEA SCROLLS TELL OF TREASURE 3 Excerpts Made Public Treated With Great Care

By Stanley Rowland Jr

Dead Sea scrolls; 2 copper scrolls deciphered at Manchester U give clues to legendary treasure buried between Nablus and Hebron, Jordan, including 200 tons of gold and silver; illus; map; clues seen insufficient for search; Biblical scholars doubt existence of treasure; speculation

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