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45 killed, 21 hurt in crash of MATS C-118, Ft Dix, NJ, mins after take-off; victims include women and children; scene described; inquiry begun; map; illus
Radford says US has mil commitments it will not unilaterally change
Sen Appropriations Com, 13-8, recommends restoring $680,300,000 to House-approved sum, bringing total to $4,105,420,000; with carry-over funds, total sum would be $4,435,420,000; Com bars denying aid to Yugoslavia but earmarks some mil items for Spain in such a way as to cut Yugoslav aid from $22 million to $17 million; move led by Knowland, Bridges
license issued for shipment to USSR of 7,800 short tons of steel sheets worth $1.1 million in sale to 'bona fide' trader in US; 1st such sale since '47; Commerce Dept aide explains action which came after study by com including various agencies reprs; law bars identification of buyer; clearance given in May when sheets were not in short supply; steel is of light-weight quality presumably for auto indus use; Sen McClellan opposes sale
7 students seize airliner in flight, land in W Ger at half-completed mil field near Ingolstadt; map; all 19 plane occupants, including security officer, hurt in fight; 12 in hosp; fight resumes after plane lands; 7 reptdly will ask asylum; student describes seizure; says ex-pilot led plot
In 1956, the world population was approximately 2,795,409,994 people[†]