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In 1960, the world population was approximately 3,015,470,894 people[†]
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
$25.9-million arterial hwy plans approved by Planning Comm; include widening of 2-mi sec of Whitestone Pkwy and extension of Clearview Expressway
Moore Comm meets; weighs spring '61 referendum so that new Charter can take effect Jan 1 '62; Nov '61 referendum would delay new Charter until '66, officials elected in '61 serving until '66; spring referendum seen costing $700,000; Comm fears voter apathy in special election would result in party-machine, rather than independent, voting
Pres emergency bd rejects pay rise, other BRT demands of LIRR; finds rates paid LIRR trainmen higher than standard rates on Class I rrs; supports 2 of 6 rr counter-demands dealing with mgt's right to manage and with alleged abuse of rules
Khrushchev, at 2 1/2 -hr news conf, rails against US for plane flights and against Eisenhower for failing to apologize; continues to talk of new conf but attitude leaves little hope for negotiation; booed by some newsmen; regrets he cannot negotiate with F D Roosevelt; refuses to say which current Amer leader he would prefer; makes farewell call on de Gaulle and Macmillan; Western leaders meet; Western experts see Moscow elements backing Khrushchev policy but opposing conduct through personal contacts; other speculation; Khrushchev illus with Gromyko and Malinovsky
USSR asks Security Council probe 'aggressive acts' by US; Lodge denies aggression; urges eliminating danger of surprise attack
Czech demands US Sec Herter apologize for alleged insulting ref to '48 Communist coup; charges US with '2-faced policy' incompatible with diplomatic ties
subcom learns Welch recd $287,142 since '53 for activities on drug pubs; Flemming demands resignation despite retirement as of June 1; says Welch duties included licensing of antibiotics and regulation of drug cos selling them; notes testimony shows Welch reptd as 'honoraria' sums recd from editorship of 2 pubs on antibiotics pub by MD Pubs Inc, and from drug ad and sales to drug cos of reprints of articles on antibiotics; admits Health Dept should have probed activities; activities detailed