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J H Carmical on goal of cos in Algeria and Libya to export 1 million bbls a day to W Eur by end of '61; comment on effect on free world oil indus and role of French oil demand
int on interest in theatre; occasionally acts role of narrator in NYC off-Bway production of S V Benet's John Brown's Body; Lindsay por
The widespread practice of giving a fanciful name to a housing development is more than a means of identification -- it is often part of the builder's sales strategy. Choosing an image-evoking name is so important that some builders have been known to devote great mental effort to it, according to B.J. Bergton, a New Jersey real estate man who has had a score of years of experience as sales agent for home developments.
Southern Regional Council study of gains since Sup Ct edict sees response of Deep South affecting Pres election and pace of desegregation elsewhere
The strife over the Congo has landed in the lap of the United Nations Security Council three times in the fifty-two days since the republic was born. Today at 12:30 the Council again takes up the Congo question -- this time in an atmosphere of deep crisis not only for the Congo but also for the U.N. itself.
1960David B. Steinman, American engineer, designed the Mackinac Bridge (born 1886)[†]
David Barnard Steinman was an American civil engineer. He was the designer of the Mackinac Bridge and many other notable bridges, and a published author. He grew up in New York City's lower Manhattan, and lived with the ambition of making his mark on the Brooklyn Bridge that he lived under. In 1906 he earned a bachelor's degree from City College and in 1909, a Master of Arts from Columbia University and a Doctorate in 1911. He also received an honorary Doctor of Science in Engineering on 15 April 1952 from degree mill Sequoia University, but would distance himself from it soon after a 1957 inquiry raised doubts over its legitimacy, and did not mention the qualifications in his biographies. He was awarded the Franklin Institute's Louis E. Levy Medal in 1957.
In 1960, the world population was approximately 3,015,470,894 people[†]