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special (H R Gaither) com urges vast network of fall-out shelters, top-secret rept to ODM and Natl Security Council; holds likelihood of sudden attack renders blast shelters unrealistic; urges post-attack warning system to protect pub from radiation
Hoffa-Brennan-Spindel wiretap conspiracy trial starts, NYC; illus; Judge Bryan denies bid for trial delay
Yugoslavia joins reprs of 64 nations in signing Communist peace manifesto backing all major USSR foreign policies
BLS Consumer Price Index steady at 121.1, Oct, after 13 consecutive monthly rises; graph
WASHINGTON, Nov. 22-- The "deteriorating railroad situation" has prompted a special investigation by a subcommittee of the Senate Commerce Committee.
1957Andrew Toney, American basketball player[†]
Andrew Toney is an American former professional basketball player for the Philadelphia 76ers of the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1980 to 1988. A two-time NBA All-Star, he won an NBA championship with the 76ers in 1983. Contemporary basketball greats Larry Bird and Sidney Moncrief put Toney on par with Michael Jordan offensively. Bob Ryan of the Boston Globe called Toney, “‘the most forgotten great player in NBA history.’”
In 1957, the world population was approximately 2,852,618,337 people[†]