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Eisenhower illus, Sainte-Chapelle
Corcoran defends talks with FPC members; says he had right to go further; points he covered in talks listed
French fire back on rebel gun emplacements in Tunisia under concept of 'right of riposte'; rept French in Algeria fired on by rebels in Tunisia 13 times in 48 hrs; map
B&O dirs accept C&O offer to purchase B&O through stock exch and to merge the carriers; consol co would form 2d largest system in US; offer detailed; map
Sen Gore shatters US pol unity by charging Nixon 'tough' reaction to conf collapse and his revelation of USSR spy case in US were motivated by pol; Speaker Rayburn, Johnson, Fulbright and Stevenson send message to Eisenhower urging he ask Khrushchev to reconsider conf deferment; seek to stress natl unity, destroy Khrushchev idea of better bargain from next Pres; Johnson pleads for unity but sees ultimate 'assessment'; Cong leaders dispel speculation of special probe
In 1960, the world population was approximately 3,015,470,894 people[†]