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USAF Capt Kittinger ascends to record 96,000 ft in pressurized gondola of plastic balloon; ascent in part of Project Man-High to test endurance at high altitudes; gondola lands near Weaver, Minn; illus
AEC sponsors study under Dr Kulp of radioactive levels in plant, animal and human life in Amazon jungle as part of world project to check level of strontium-90 in human bones; area seen offering near perfect case study of strontium-90 movement up food chain to man
WASHINGTON, June 2--Nikita S. Khrushchev's suggestion that the United States and the Soviet Union withdraw their troops from the areas they occupy in Europe as "a useful first step" in easing tensions bodes ill for the disarmament talks that reopen in London tomorrow, United States officials said today.
sees program succeeding in next few yrs, int on US TV; says beef available next yr will drop because cattle will be fattened 2 yrs; belittle USSR scientists doubts on program
charges Egypt resumes guerrilla war along Strip; cites mining, 50 other alleged incidents; Egypt makes counter-charges
In 1957, the world population was approximately 2,852,618,337 people[†]