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legislators conf with Gov; compromise indicated on $600 exemption by using credits device and on '58 capital gains tax; Mahoney comments
US Sup Ct upholds Dist Ct refusal to interfere with NY Central abandonment of ferries from Weehawken, NJ, to 42d and Cortlandt Sts, NYC; service to continue until 25-day period for rehearing petition in Sup Ct runs out; rev
Macmillan and Khrushchev hold private talks
problems compared with those of Los Angeles, San Francisco and Chicago; illus; chart
Special Com on World Econ Practices (US) urges combined action by US and its partners against USSR-bloc monopolistic trading practices; urges US weigh spurring certain non-strategic trade with bloc, to stimulate diversion of resources from war potential to consumer goods; other recommendations
1959Ira Glass, American radio host and producer[†]
Ira Jeffrey Glass is an American public radio personality. He is the host and producer of the radio and television series This American Life and has participated in other NPR programs, including Morning Edition, All Things Considered, and Talk of the Nation. His work in radio and television has won him awards, such as the Edward R. Murrow Award for Outstanding Contributions to Public Radio and the George Polk Award in Radio Reporting.
1959Duško Vujošević, Montenegrin basketball player and coach[†]
Duško Vujošević is a Serbian former basketball coach. He is currently active as coach consultant of the Montenegrin ABA League club Studentski centar since 2022.
1959Lou Costello, American actor and comedian (born 1906)[†]
Louis Francis Cristillo, better known as Lou Costello, was an American comedian, actor and producer. He was best known for his double act with Bud Abbott and their routine "Who's on First?".
In 1959, the world population was approximately 2,965,950,351 people[†]