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Registration of male students dropped 10.8 percent, while the number of female students decreased by only 1.3 percent. This decline, however, was less Dr. Earl J. McGrath, Commissioner of Education, said that "The Korean crisis has taken its toll of potential college students," but not quite as great a toll as had been expected in the spring...
...another, the toll among U.S. troops has been held down to 25 deaths among 187 proved cases (there may have been almost 500 cases, all told, with many unidentified). The medics hope that their hunters and trappers will bring in samples of the responsible virus in the rabbits and vermin, and in the mites which infest them. After that, work can begin on developing a protective vaccine. Meanwhile, to front-line troops the season's first bitter cold was almost welcome: it appeared that nighttime freezes were checking the fever's spread...
Costliest Ever. It became the costliest strike in the port's history. By the end of last week, estimates of its toll included $1 billion worth of cargo tied up, financial losses of $40 million, 90% of the 35,000 New York longshoremen off the job, 135 piers idle and 120 ships tied...
Graduation had taken a heavy toll on Coach R. T. Fisher's squad, and, in the opener, he had experimented with 34 men, an enormous total back in those days of the iron...
...that they were of Armenian ancestry, had prospered in the U.S., and wanted to do something worthwhile with their gems. ¶ The National Safety Council reported that a record 3,560 Americans were killed by traffic accidents in August-highest of any month this year, and the highest August toll since before...