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USN boards USSR trawler off Nfld in probe of 5 recent breaks in trans-Atlantic cables
exec dir M J Murphy resigns to resume career in NYC Police Dept; J J Murphy succeeds temporarily
Bklyn rackets grand jury charges gambling has become foundation of local organized crime; urges abolishing police morals sqd, substituting detectives; Silver hails findings; deplores some judges failure to jail gamblers; backs proposal for successively heavier sentences for offenders
Teamsters elected bargaining agent by Pan Amer stock clerks, Canaveral
Macmillan and Khrushchev repeat firm stands, Moscow talks; Macmillan rejects 'summit' conf but hopes for negotiations
In 1959, the world population was approximately 2,965,950,351 people[†]