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US Sup Ct upholds Fed Dist Ct '57 decree dissolving IBC and its affiliates for violating Sherman Act; ruling forces J D Norris and A M Wirtz to sell stock in Madison Sq Garden, open it to all promoters; Justice Clark issues majority opinion; excerpts; case revd
AFL-CIO seen unlikely to accept ILA application for re-admission because of adverse publicity and probe; probe continues; G Barone, who did not attend meeting, testifies; Connolly and J Bowers refuse to testify
WASHINGTON, Jan. 12 --United States officials hope that Anastas I. Mikoyan will have something new to propose on Germany when he meets Administration leaders, including President Eisenhower, late this week.
mil ct sentences 14 to death for 'war crimes,' Santiago; Govt denies 75 have been executed; atrocity and murder charges against some described; pub backs executions
trains delayed, some over 2 hrs; 4 tracks cleared
1959Winnie Byanyima, Ugandan engineer, politician, and diplomat[†]
Winifred Byanyima, is a Ugandan aeronautical engineer, politician, human rights activist, feminist and diplomat. She is the executive director of UNAIDS, effective November 2019.
In 1959, the world population was approximately 2,965,950,351 people[†]