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January 29, 1959

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EISENHOWER GIVES PROGRAM TO CURB ABUSES IN LABOR; Message to Congress Lists 20--Points Protection for Union Funds Is Sought UNFAIR BOYCOTT SCORED President Facing a Battle as Democrats Support Kennedy-Ervin Bill PRESIDENT OFFERS A LABOR PROGRAM

By Joseph A. Loftusspecial To the New York Times

Eisenhower offers program to protect union funds and freedoms of union and non-union workers; seeks to protect pub from unfair boycotts or 'blackmail' picketing, to promote responsible collective bargaining, message to Cong; Kennedy bill contrasted; Kennedy comments; AFL-CIO aide Biemiller backs Kennedy bill

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ROCKEFELLER ASKS SPEED IN SOLVING COMMUTER CRISIS; Talks to 2,000 at G. O. P. Dinner Here -- Keating Cites Him in '60 Race ROCKEFELLER ASKS COMMUTER'S HELP

By Clayton Knowles

Gov Rockefeller urges quick action by NY,NJ and Conn Legis on commuter crisis, s, NYC; holds time for study has passed; says Mayor Wagner has been invited to Feb 10 tri-state Govs conf

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PRESIDENT FAVORS 'FRUITFUL' TALKS WITH SOVIET UNION; Says U. S. Wants a Broad Political Settlement and Renunciation of Force DULLES IS PESSIMISTIC Communists Must Change Line to End 'Cold War,' Secretary Declares PRESIDENT FAVORS TALKS WITH SOVIET

By John D. Morrisspecial To the New York Times

Eisenhower says US favors new talks if they promise to be fruitful, news conf; Dulles says USSR would have to shift position on issues before talks could be fruitful, House com

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RED DANGER CITED BY BAGHDAD GROUP; Pact Council Ends Session With Warning That Peril to Mideast Is Undiminished RED DANGER CITED BY BAGHDAD GROUP

By Elie Abelspecial To the New York Times

Council communique stresses need for continued vigilance against communism; Henderson stresses US intent to conclude bilateral agreements, s; rept of Dulles remarks in Karachi newspaper irks Pakistani Govt; Govt pacified upon receiving text of int

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GOVERNOR ALLOTS MORE AID TO CITY; He Tells Mayor His Budget Will Call for $15,000,000 of New Locality Funds GOVERNOR ASKING MORE AID FOR CITY

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Wagner says Rockefeller reserves judgment on betting plan until Dowling com rept

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Notable Deaths

1959Pauline Smith, South African novelist, short story writer, memoirist and playwright (born 1882)^[†]

Pauline Janet Smith was a South African novelist, short story writer, memoirist and playwright.

Historical Events

1959The first Melodifestivalen is held at Cirkus in Stockholm, Sweden.^[†]

Melodifestivalen is an annual song competition organised by Swedish public broadcasters Sveriges Television (SVT) and Sveriges Radio (SR). It determines the country's representative for the Eurovision Song Contest, and has been staged almost every year since 1959. In the early 2000s, the competition was the most popular television program in Sweden; it is also broadcast on radio and the Internet. In 2012, the heats averaged 3.3 million viewers, and over an estimated four million people in Sweden watched the final, almost half of the Swedish population.

Historical Context for January 29, 1959

In 1959, the world population was approximately 2,965,950,351 people^[†]