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NYS study (Nelson) comm studies capital financing; to propose Const amendment to raise debt limit by at least $500 million
Quotas on over 200 imports from dollar and other areas removed; tariffs uncut; monthly trade surplus put at $17 million
Hogan say only about 50 of 150 testifying before grand jury told truth; to consult jury; says it will be some time before he can act; mentions posibility of 'commercial bribery' in Hess testimony; gets NBC data on kickbacks
London observers fear effects of possible settlement on NATO
Hagerty says Eisenhower did not play golf from D-Day to V-E Day, comment on assertion he was 'on golf links at Rheims' during Battle of Bulge; White House official says Eisenhower hq was in clubhouse of golf course no longer playable
In 1959, the world population was approximately 2,965,950,351 people[†]