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Mikoyan warns USSR will turn its functions over to E Ger by May 27 unless there is prior accord, s, Washington; says force will be met with force
Govt mobilizes transport workers as gen strike grows
US and GB, in major concession to USSR, agree to drop demand that tests ban treaty duration be linked with progress in other disarmament fields; Wadsworth and Ormsby-Gore give shift at Geneva conf but insist effective inspection system remains key condition; Tsarapkin pleased
3-judge Fed ct (Sobeloff, Haynsworth, Hoffman) holds closing of selected pss to avoid integration violates Const; case is 1st holding that Const bars states from keeping some schools open while closing others over racial issue; ct finds closings discriminate against whites and Negroes; scores schemes to cut off funds for schools or grades affected by integration and closing or eliminating specific grades in such schools; Norfolk School Bd plans to reopen schools 'at soon as practicable'; Arlington School Bd to accept 4 Negroes in all-white jhs if ct order requiring admission is not upset by Feb 2
1959Tami Hoag, American author[†]
Tami Hoag is an American novelist, best known for her work in the romance and thriller genres. More than 22 million copies of her books are in print.
1959R. A. Salvatore, American author[†]
Robert Anthony Salvatore is an American author best known for The Legend of Drizzt, a series of fantasy novels set in the Forgotten Realms and starring the character Drizzt Do'Urden. He has also written The DemonWars Saga, a series of high fantasy novels; several other Forgotten Realms novels; and Vector Prime, the first novel in the Star Wars: The New Jedi Order series. He has sold more than 15 million copies of his books in the United States alone, and 22 of his titles have been New York Times best-sellers.
In 1959, the world population was approximately 2,965,950,351 people[†]