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Repub legislators decide to cut new proposed state aid to city by $10 million, thereby increasing city's need for new revenues to $151 million; Assemblyman Brook sees 4% sales or payroll taxes
communique, with Macmillan, on talks
NYCTA asks Mayor Wagner and Estimate Bd to urge traffic Comr Wiley to remove ban on ads on outside of buses; sees $ 3/4-1 1/2-million yrly revenue; discounts ads safety hazard
formally accepts ASNE inv; US State Dept and White House reptd embarrassed; Repr Powell suggestion to Eisenhower that Castro be invited noted
Assemblymen, fearing '60 election reprisals, balk at compromise; Rockefeller still 11 votes short in Assembly; Sen Repubs agree to increase credit for couples to $25 and restore '58 capital gains tax; Rockefeller original proposals for $600 credit for dependents and flat 10% allowable deduction up to $1,000 for nonresidents noted
1959Rick Ardon, Australian journalist[†]
Rick Ardon is an Australian television news presenter. Since 1985, Ardon has co-presented Seven News in Perth with Susannah Carr. The pair are recognised by Guinness World Records as the world's longest-serving TV news anchor duo, having been on the air together for 40 years.
1959Plamen Getov, Bulgarian footballer[†]
Plamen Tsvetanov Getov is a Bulgarian retired footballer who played as either an attacking midfielder or a striker.
In 1959, the world population was approximately 2,965,950,351 people[†]