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In the News...

●    Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower inaugurated president of United States (Jan. 20).

●    Stalin dies (March 5). Malenkov becomes Soviet premier; Beria, minister of interior; Molotov, foreign minister (March 6).

●    Dag Hammarskjöld begins term as UN secretary-general (April 10).

●    James Watson and Francis Crick publish their discovery of the molecular model of DNA (April–May).

●    Edmund Hillary of New Zealand and Tenzing Norgay of Nepal reach top of Mt. Everest (May 29).

●    East Berliners rise against Communist rule; quelled by tanks (June 17).

●    Egypt becomes republic ruled by military junta (June 18).

●    Julius and Ethel Rosenberg executed in Sing Sing prison (June 19).

●    Korean armistice signed (July 27).

●    Moscow announces explosion of hydrogen bomb (Aug. 20).

●    Tito becomes president of Yugoslavia.

●    Ernest Hemingway wins Pulitzer for The Old Man and the Sea.

Automotive News

●    First fiberglass body production car - Chevrolet Corvette

●    Auto air conditioning

●    12 volt electrical systems