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Cross testifies convicted prostitute K Lower was employed as organizer; denies impropriety in union expenses
House Judiciary (Celler) subcom opens hearings; Comr Frick testifies; warns controls would set game back 50 yrs; says he has proposed changes in player draft rule; defends reserve clause; predicts 3d major league in near future
Pro-Egyptian leaders rumored to have formed junta to seek to seize power and proclaim union with Egypt; internal situation discussed
Boro Pres Cashmore, Justice Friedman clash about who could park in enclosed area between Munic and Sup Ct Bldgs, Bklyn
Eisenhower assures South bill was 'conceived in thought of moderation, news conf; Northern Dem Sens join Repubs in move to bypass Eastland com; block Sen Russell countermove; he attacks Knowland-Douglas technique; they reply; Nixon puts bill before Sen by having reading clerk murmur title; Repr Coudert voted for bill; name omitted from roll-call in certain eds of NY Times inadvertently
In 1957, the world population was approximately 2,852,618,337 people[†]