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March 1, 1959
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Headlines from March 1, 1959
Moscow Sees Provocation By U. S. in Trawler Case; As Navy Men Boarded Soviet Ship
Moscow radio calls boarding 'premeditated provocation'; charges detailed; US State Dept silent; Lt Sheely says trawler might have cut cables, probably by accident; AT&T finds break in its cable, sees early repair; USN ship Roy O Hale illus
ROCKEFELLER ASKS BUDGET'S CRITICS TO JUSTIFY TRIMS; Writing in Syracuse Paper, He Warns on Effects of 'Drastic' Spending Cuts
Gov, in unusual move, writes article for Syracuse Post-Standard defending fiscal program
Navy Defeats Army, 69-52, And Accepts Tourney Bid; NAVY TURNS BACK ARMY FIVE, 69-52
ANNAPOLIS, Md., Feb. 28 -- Navy's basketball team capped a successful program of competition with Army's athletic squads by posting a 69-52 victory over the cadets today before a record crowd of 4,553 in the Field House. The middies celebrated their triumph by accepting a bid to the National Collegiate basketball tournament as an at-large selection.
The Week in Finance; Stocks Hit Historic High, Then Declined to Lose Fraction
The stock market soared again last week to a historic high. By the end of the week, however, there had been an erosion of prices that drove The New York Times fifty-stock average down so that it finished off .07 on the week.
Notable Births

1959Nick Griffin, English politician[โ ]
Nicholas John Griffin is a British far-right politician who was chairman of the British National Party (BNP) from 1999 to 2014, and a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for North West England from 2009 to 2014. Following this, he was president of the BNP between July and October 2014, when he was expelled from the party.
Historical Context for March 1, 1959
In 1959, the world population was approximately 2,965,950,351 people[โ ]