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lines seen absorbing Fed 10% transportation tax by fare rises if tax is repealed; CAB views revd
by Forrest
With demand for steel on the rise and the industry's operating rate approaching a "normal" level once again, the question that is uppermost in the minds of steel officials is: When will prices be raised?
Adenauer and de Gaulle conf, Bonn; illus; precautions to guard de Gaulle against Algerian extremists noted
H Taubman series on regional theatres in US (ie, outside NYC)
1961American civil rights movement: Alabama Governor John Malcolm Patterson declares martial law in an attempt to restore order after race riots break out.[†]
The civil rights movement was a social movement in the United States from 1954 to 1968 which aimed to abolish legalized racial segregation, discrimination, and disenfranchisement in the country, which most commonly affected African Americans. The movement had origins in the Reconstruction era in the late 19th century, and modern roots in the 1940s. After years of nonviolent protests and civil disobedience campaigns, the civil rights movement achieved many of its legislative goals in the 1960s, during which it secured new protections in federal law for the civil rights of all Americans.
In 1961, the world population was approximately 3,064,869,675 people[†]