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22 Negroes enroll, whites boycott Front Royal hs as it opens for 1st time on integrated basis; illus; no incidents; Supt Gasque, others comment
McCone berates Dems for criticizing program before hearing it explained, com; Repr Holifield gave newsmen statement calling program inadequate during McCone testimony
Sen subcom rejects Adm bill; moves Kennedy-Erwin bill to full com after making several minor amendments; details; Kennedy, Goldwater comment
accord threatened by Makarios' objections to having Brit, Greek and Turkish troops on island and to various aspects of ratio of Turkish to Greek Cypriote representation; emergency conf held; Makarios split with Greece hinted
Pres Eisenhower opposes extending Fed emergency benefits program due to expire Apr 1, news conf
1959Roger Goodell, American businessman, 6th National Football League Commissioner[†]
Roger Stokoe Goodell is an American businessman who has served as the commissioner of the National Football League (NFL) since 2006.
1959Willard Miller, American sailor, Medal of Honor recipient (born 1877)[†]
Willard Dwight Miller was a United States Navy sailor and a recipient of America's highest military decoration—the Medal of Honor—for his actions in the Spanish–American War.
1959The United Kingdom grants Cyprus independence, which is formally proclaimed on August 16, 1960.[†]
Cyprus, officially the Republic of Cyprus, is an island country in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Situated in West Asia, its cultural identity and geopolitical orientation are overwhelmingly Southeast European. Cyprus is the third largest and third most populous island in the Mediterranean, after Sicily and Sardinia. It is located southeast of Greece, south of Turkey, west of Syria and Lebanon, northwest of Israel and Palestine, and north of Egypt. Its capital and largest city is Nicosia. Cyprus hosts the British military bases Akrotiri and Dhekelia, whilst the northeast portion of the island is de facto governed by the self-declared Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, which is separated from the Republic of Cyprus by the United Nations Buffer Zone.
In 1959, the world population was approximately 2,965,950,351 people[†]