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INDEPENDENCE, Mo., Aug. 10 -- Former President Harry S. Truman agreed today to an "all-out" coast-to-coast stumping tour for the Democratic Presidential ticket of Senators John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson.
reptd injured by rioters, Leopoldville
STAMFORD, Conn., Aug. 10 -- A motorboat carrying a family of six hit a rock and capsized in Long Island Sound late this afternoon. Four were missing and believed to have drowned. Two teen-aged sisters who had clung to the nearly-submerged bow for four hours were rescued.
Graffeo, V: June 3 Bklyn slaying linked to crime school for youths operated by NYC mobsters of which Graffeo was reptdly member; slaying believed to have been object lesson for informers
Eisenhower suggests 'discouraging' lack of progress in 3-power conf may cause US to resume underground nuclear testing, news conf; does not rule out possibility of meeting Khrushchev at UN discussions
1960Chad declares independence from France.[†]
Chad, officially the Republic of Chad, is a landlocked country at the crossroads of North and Central Africa. It is bordered by Libya to the north, Sudan to the east, the Central African Republic to the south, Cameroon to the southwest, Nigeria to the southwest, and Niger to the west. Chad has a population of 19 million, of which 1.6 million live in the capital and largest city of N'Djamena. With a total area of around 1,300,000 km2 (500,000 sq mi), Chad is the fifth-largest country in Africa and the twentieth largest nation by area.
In 1960, the world population was approximately 3,015,470,894 people[†]