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Gov Freeman declares martial law; Natl Guard closes plant, disperses pickets; illus; Wilson pres Cooney confs with Freeman; State Farm Bur demands plant reopening; map
testifies, Sen subcom, that some drug mfrs barred sales to such stores
NY Sciences Acad conf repts progress in world-wide research effort that may produce single remedy for many human ailments by working on reticuloendothelial system, body's major defense mechanism
some 100 teen-age girls riot after argument in IND train; R Garner, 14, slashed with knife; girl, 15, held as juvenile delinquent; 5 other girls held for role in riot
Eisenhower calls for 'world-wide war against hunger,' s, New Delhi Agr Fair; sees plea enunciated in US fair pavilion theme 'Food-family-friendship-freedom'; notes program he proposed earlier to use internatl surpluses to reinforce peace; says US and India have been working on it
In 1959, the world population was approximately 2,965,950,351 people[†]