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Truman holds final talks with UN officials, NYC, repts to Washington on talks, then leaves for Congo; illus
Ousted as Russian Repub Sup Soviet Presidium chmn; transferred to another post
US and USSR decide to submit separate repts on crisis and aftermath to UN, agree to end thereby Security Council debate on crisis; speculation
with Pres Kennedy in Nassau, Bahamas; swims with him; illus
Natl Science Foundation survey shows Govt will have spent some $14.7 billion for all types of research, fiscal '63; details
In 1962, the world population was approximately 3,123,374,315 people[†]