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WARSAW, Monday, Jan. 21-- The Polish Communist party rode the coattails of Wladyslaw Gomulka, its leader, to overwhelming victory yesterday in the freest election ever permitted by Communist rulers.
Mayor Wagner hinted yesterday that he would not be a candidate for United States Senator in 1958 if he sought and won a second term at City Hall next fall.
VIENNA, Jan. 20--Thirty Hungarian border guards pursuing twenty refugees ran about fifty yards into Austrian territory this afternoon near the village of Nikitsch.
3 London newspapers see Min Sandys visit to US aimed at offering research data in exch for guided missiles
ALBANY, Jan. 21--Governor Harriman announced today the allocation of $469,000,000 to the New York City area for urban arterial and interstate highway construction in the next five years. The area includes Westchester and Nassau Counties as well as the city.
In 1957, the world population was approximately 2,852,618,337 people[†]