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Mayor Wagner gave the city's taxpayers a conditional promise yesterday of freedom from new or heavier special levies in the five or six fiscal years after 1959-60.
Mayor Wagner proposes fire ins premiums on apt bldgs be geared to condition of bldgs as means of curbing deterioration, lr to Gov Rockefeller
BUENOS AIRES, Jan. 18 -- President Arturo Frondizi departed today for a twelve-day visit to the United States, leaving behind a nation torn by strikes and virtually under military rule.
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Dem choice of Los Angeles for '60 Pres conv site seen recognition of Calif Dems growing strength
1959Danese Cooper, American computer scientist and programmer[†]
Danese Cooper is an American programmer, computer scientist and advocate of open source software.
1959Jeff Pilson, American bass player, songwriter, and actor[†]
Jeffrey Steven Pilson is an American musician best known for being the bass player in the glam metal band Dokken and currently classic rock band Foreigner. He has also had an extended stint with Dio in the 1990s.
In 1959, the world population was approximately 2,965,950,351 people[†]