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Tammany district leaders in Harlem voted 11-to-1 yesterday to read Representative Adam Clayton Powell Jr. out of the Democratic party. They said their reason was his support of President Eisenhower in 1956.
US apprehensive over possibility of de Gaulle return to power
HONG KONG, May 15 -- Communist China said today it was prepared to intervene in the Indonesian revolt.
House com informally approves 5-yr extension bill, embodying major Eisenhower recommendations; with Adm cooperation, agrees to amendments appeasing some protectionists; rejects restrictive amendments offered by Ikard, others; protectionists seen rallying behind proposed substitute (Simpson) bill
Signs joint statement with Pres Nasser summarizing Moscow talks
In 1958, the world population was approximately 2,911,249,671 people[†]