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NYS Sup Ct Justice Hofstadter repts he will deny all requests for wiretap orders, memo citing recent US Sup Ct decision declaring wiretaps Fed violation; law enforcement authorities note possibility of applying to other Sup Ct justices or county judges; Atty Gen Lefkowitz, Dist Atty Silver comment
Educ Policies Comm advises stress on higher educ, especially at grad level
Gov Harriman to urge $200-million bond issue for loans to ltd-profit housing and for pub housing
US Govt accepts new legal standard for obscenity that objects are not legally obscene if viewed for scientific purposes, case of Govt vs Kinsey Inst
returns to Washington
1958The West Indies Federation is formed.[†]
The West Indies Federation, also known as the West Indies, the Federation of the West Indies or the West Indian Federation, was a short-lived political union that existed from 3 January 1958 to 31 May 1962. Various islands in the Caribbean that were part of the British Empire, including Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados, Jamaica, and those on the Leeward and Windward Islands, came together to form the Federation, with its capital in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. The expressed intention of the Federation was to create a political unit that would become independent from Britain as a single state – possibly similar to Canada, the Federation of Australia, or the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland. Before that could happen, the Federation collapsed due to internal political conflicts over how it would be governed or function viably. The formation of a West Indian Federation was encouraged by the United Kingdom, but also requested by pan-Caribbean nationalists.
In 1958, the world population was approximately 2,911,249,671 people[†]