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J A Osmundsen series on food additives; repts indus awaits impact of legis requiring data submission to Food and Drug Adm after pretesting; current use of additives and indus safeguards discussed
West reptd now assuming USSR will transfer access controls to E Ger by May 27 regardless of negotiations; E Gers seen interfering only with Allied mil access, not that of W Ger
Repr Holifield says Dems may raise budget to $79 billion
Sen Humphrey urges Pres replace Dulles, comment on similar demand by Sen Symington, AVC; Sen Capehart opposed; Sen Kennedy reserved; Sens Mansfield, Sparkman, Mundt, C T Curtis comment
riots, Blantyre and Limbe, follow Cong meeting; 1 killed, 50 hurt, 32 held
1959Clayton Anderson, American engineer and astronaut[†]
Clayton Conrad Anderson is a retired NASA astronaut. Launched on STS-117, he replaced Sunita Williams on June 10, 2007, as a member of the ISS Expedition 15 crew. He is currently an author, a motivational speaker, and a Professor of Practice at Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa. In 2022 he became the president and CEO of the Strategic Air Command & Aerospace Museum.
1959Nick de Bois, English politician[†]
Geoffrey Nicholas de Bois is a British broadcaster and former Conservative Party politician, who served as special adviser and chief of staff to Dominic Raab during his brief tenure as Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union. He was elected at the 2010 general election as the Member of Parliament for Enfield North, defeating the Labour incumbent MP Joan Ryan. de Bois then went on to lose the seat to Ryan at the next general election, in May 2015.
1959Ian Liddell-Grainger, Scottish soldier and politician[†]
Ian Richard Peregrine Liddell-Grainger is a British Conservative Party politician and former property developer. He was MP for Bridgwater from 2001 until 2010, and until 2024, MP for Bridgwater and West Somerset. Through his mother, he is a great-great-great-grandson of Queen Victoria, third cousin of Charles III and second cousin once removed of Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden.
1959Linda Nolan, Irish singer and actress (died 2025)[†]
Linda Mary Hudson was an Irish singer, actress, and television personality.
In 1959, the world population was approximately 2,965,950,351 people[†]