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In 1959, the world population was approximately 2,965,950,351 people[†]
1959José María Cano, Spanish singer-songwriter and painter[†]
José María Cano Andrés is a Spanish visual artist, musician, composer, and record producer. From 1982 to 1998, he was a member and principal composer of the Spanish pop-rock band Mecano. Since 1998, he works primarily in the visual arts.
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FCC rules brief glimpses of Mayor Daley on TV newscasts entitle primary rival L Daly to equal time; CBS charges decision will nearly blackout radio-TV election coverage; seeks reversal
BLS Consumer Price index up 0.1% to 123.8, Jan; graph
project approved; joint statement; Eisenhower to ask Cong to appropriate part of US share; dam to span Rio Grande 100 mi N and W of Falcon Dam
3 ptl suspended after being seen loitering in doorway of store whose locks were found tampered with; Comr Kennedy orders re-check of all recent robberies in area; capt and 2 sgts shifted for failure to supervise men
H Schwartz repts E Eur Communist sources say Marshal Voroshilov, titular head of state, was member of 'anti-party group' that tried to oust Khrushchev; sees no open attack on him because of his age and mil prestige; notes his failure to comply with Khrushchev demand he repudiate earlier views of Stalin
Fed ct denaturalizes F Costello for concealing bootlegging activities when naturalized, '25
crowds at Natl Outdoor Exposition, NYC, boo Rockefeller
Boro Pres Lyons offers plan he proposed 25 yrs ago to raise funds for welfare; would set up welfare; would set up welfare league to sell memberships
Western Allies disclosed to have agreed, in talks with Dulles, that acceptance of E Ger control over access would be tantamount to forfeiture of rights; stress USSR responsibility; failure in '45 to get USSR accord on access rights in writing discussed
1,000 Turkish Cypriote students demonstrate against it, Nicosia; call for partition
de la Guardia, (Mrs) Ernesto
121.8, Jan; graph