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Chicago area juke box operator B Poss testifies thugs threatened to cripple him unless he made R Pranno partner; R Kelly, Pranno invoke 5th Amendment; Kelly chided by McClellan for refusing to answer questions out of apparent fear of Pranno
Western notes denounced by Moscow radio as avoiding reasonable basis for settlement; US charged with preferring tension
Beck convicted on all counts of evading $240,000 in income taxes, '50-53; ordered to jail; illus
TV s defending budget and tax proposals
Pres Eisenhower and Mex Pres Lopez Mateos reptdly discuss improving US mkts for Mex zinc
1959Scott Brayton, American race car driver (died 1996)[†]
Scott Everts Brayton was an American race car driver on the American open-wheel circuit. He competed in 14 Indianapolis 500s, beginning with the 1981 event. Brayton was killed in practice after qualifying in pole position for the 1996 race.
1959David Corn, American journalist and author[†]
David Corn is an American political journalist and author. He is the Washington, D.C. bureau chief for Mother Jones and is best known as a cable television commentator. Corn worked at The Nation from 1987 to 2007, where he served as Washington editor.
1959Bill Gullickson, American baseball player[†]
William Lee Gullickson is an American former Major League Baseball pitcher who played professionally in Canada, the U.S. and Japan, during an 18-year professional career, of which 14 seasons were spent in MLB.
1959The Avro Arrow program to design and manufacture supersonic jet fighters in Canada is cancelled by the Diefenbaker government amid much political debate.[†]
The Avro Canada CF-105 Arrow was a delta-winged interceptor aircraft designed and built by Avro Canada. The CF-105 held the promise of Mach 2 speeds at altitudes exceeding 50,000 feet (15,000 m) and was intended to serve as the Royal Canadian Air Force's (RCAF) primary interceptor into the 1960s and beyond.
In 1959, the world population was approximately 2,965,950,351 people[†]