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deep space tracking facilities planned in addition to Goldstone station by Jet Propulsion Lab, Calif Tech Inst
Judge Johnson dismisses Justice Dept suit; rules Civil Rights Act does not authorize US to sue individual states; issues stay till Mar 16 to give Dept time to map appeal and bar destruction of Macon County regis records; holds Act is compromise reflecting Cong intent to give only ltd authority; quotes then-Atty Gen Brownell on Dept ltd jurisdiction to 'commencing civil proceedings against individuals'; dismissal also based on absence of functioning Macon registrars; Southern segregation leaders, Atty Gen Gallion hail decision; Dept seeks ct order to preserve status quo pending appeal
Eisenhower policy backed by Sen and House leaders after meeting with him and chief Cabinet aides; illus; Eisenhower also confs with Sen Foreign Relations and Armed Services Com leaders; Macmillan accepts inv to Washington; Dulles role in talks expected; Macmillan says he will urge West to negotiate with USSR, s, Belfast; convinced that USSR is ready to negotiate seriously; French and W Ger leaders seen cool
com counsel Kennedy asked at news conf, Milwaukee, whether bribes have ever been offered him in connection with com work; says a co and a labor union involved in probe each approached him last yr with offer to help pol career of his bro Sen Kennedy if Sen com probe into its affairs could be softened or diverted; says he brushed off proposals; does not identify co or union; says he did not rept offers to McClellan; says he never was offered money, but once recd threat to his safety, news conf
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1959Tom Lehman, American golfer[†]
Thomas Edward Lehman is an American professional golfer. A former #1 ranked golfer, his tournament wins include one major title, the 1996 Open Championship; and he is the only golfer in history to have been awarded the Player of the Year honor on all three PGA Tours: the regular PGA Tour, the developmental Korn Ferry Tour, and the PGA Tour Champions.
1959Donna Murphy, American actress and singer[†]
Donna Murphy is an American actress, best known for her work in musical theater. A five-time Tony Award nominee, she has twice won the Tony for Best Actress in a Musical: for her role as Fosca in Passion (1994–1995) and as Anna Leonowens in The King and I (1996–1997). She was also nominated for her roles as Ruth Sherwood in Wonderful Town (2003), Lotte Lenya in LoveMusik (2007), and Bubbie/Raisel in The People in the Picture (2011).
1959Nick Searcy, American actor[†]
Nicholas Alan Searcy is an American character actor best known for portraying Chief Deputy United States Marshal Art Mullen on FX's Justified. He also had a major role in the Tom Hanks–produced miniseries From the Earth to the Moon as Deke Slayton, and directed Gosnell: The Trial of America's Biggest Serial Killer, a film released on October 12, 2018.
In 1959, the world population was approximately 2,965,950,351 people[†]