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NY Times survey of indus conditions in 8 key areas finds it either booming or holding fast against gen econ recession; reprs of indus orgns and cos comment; figures
NY Times (F M Hechinger) survey on changes in teacher training standards since launching of 1st USSR sputnik in '57 shows most states increased requirements for study of acad subjects; trend toward tightening of standards by state-wide mandate seen; other findings
IT is pretty hard to tell which way the world is going, even with radar and radio telescopes and all that. Is it expanding or contracting? The expansionists may point to the travel documents chart inside this section.
Comment on growing sales of vending machine travel ins
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1961Karl Albiker, German sculptor, lithographer, and educator (born 1878)[†]
Karl Albiker was a German sculptor, lithographer and teacher of fine arts. Albiker studied with Auguste Rodin in Paris. From 1919 to 1945 he was a professor at the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts. His monumental statues, like those of Georg Kolbe, reflected National Socialist heroic realism. Albiker created the relay racers for Berlin's Reich Sports Field and various war monuments, including those in Karlsruhe, Freiburg im Breisgau, and Greiz.
1961Mohammed V of Morocco (born 1909)[†]
Mohammed al-Khamis bin Yusef bin Hassan al-Alawi, better known simply as Mohammed V, was the last Sultan of Morocco from 1927 to 1953 and from 1955 to 1957, and first King of Morocco from 1957 to 1961. A member of the 'Alawi dynasty, he played an instrumental role in securing the independence of Morocco from the French and Spanish Protectorates.
In 1961, the world population was approximately 3,064,869,675 people[†]