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9 African nations set mins conf in Liberia in Aug on war; rebel Govt to participate
HR com approves $3,642,600,000, fiscal '60, $266.8 million below Adm request; mil aid set at $1.44 billion, defense support at $750 million, special assistance at $250 million, Pres Contingency Fund at $200 million, tech aid at $179.5 million
hotel union threatens to strike 7 private hosps unless they start negotiations in 48 hrs; hosps offer to bargain if union is properly certified; voluntary hosps do not press jailing of Davis, Goodman; Iushewitz and Van Arsdale, for Labor Council, represent Davis at fact-finding panel; strike backed by Uniformed Fire Officers Assn, NY Times Chapel of ITU
special Fed grand jury impaneled to probe racketeering in deliveries, NY Met Area, disclosed in com hearings; probe directed at links between wholesalers and union execs, not at papers; Deliverers Union to be probed; Bitz seen main target
new alignment of Left dem parties being formed to combat dictatorial regimes in Caribbean area; policy declaration, membership list awaited
In 1959, the world population was approximately 2,965,950,351 people[†]