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March 14, 1959

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11 POLICEMEN GET LECTURE BY COURT; Bid to Quash Jury Subpoenas in Rackets Case Denied

By James P. McCaffrey

scores their suit to quash subpoenas

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NASSER DECLARES ENMITY TO KASSIM; Asserts It Is Too Late to Be Reconciled -- Assails Reds

By Richard P. Hunt

Nasser declares enmity to Kassim and attacks Communists as enemies of Arab nationalism, s, Damascus; charges Communists seek to pry Syria loose from UAR and annex it to Iraq to 'drive wedge in Arab ranks'; says he offered 4 times to meet Kassim but Kassim refused; UAR provides burial with hon for Iraqi rebel officer; Iraq protests; anti-Kassim and anti-Communist rallies held, Syria

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MYSTERIES MOUNT IN LUBERDA CASE; Ex-Police Captain, a Suicide in Queens, Once Worked With Retired Sergeant

By Unknown Author

W A Stahl, ex-police capt who worked with Luberda, commits suicide

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SAYS BERLIN PROVES NEED; CHIEFS GIVE VIEW

By Russell Baker

Johnson says US mil chiefs agree US is ready and strong enough to meet crisis; Taylor statement that city is militarily untenable and that USSR use of force must lead to war disclosed; Macmillan and Adenauer end talks, Bonn, reptdly in complete accord

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PRESIDENT ASKS 4 BILLIONS FOR MUTUAL AID PROGRAM;; A WARNING VOICED

By Felix Belair Jr

Eisenhower asks $3.93 billion, fiscal '60, special message to Cong; cites need in face of growing Communist power and such events as Berlin crisis; stresses importances of strengthening Allies

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Notable Births

1959Laila Robins, American actress^[†]

Laila Robins is an American stage, film and television actress. She has appeared in films including Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987), An Innocent Man (1989), Live Nude Girls (1995), True Crime (1999), She's Lost Control (2014), Eye in the Sky (2015), and A Call to Spy (2019). Her television credits include regular roles on Gabriel's Fire, Homeland, and Murder in the First, playing Pamela Milton in the final season of The Walking Dead (2022), and Colonel Grace Mallory in The Boys (2019–2024) and Gen V (2023).

1959Tamara Tunie, American actress^[†]

Tamara Tunie is an American film, stage, and television actress, director, and producer. She is best known for her roles as attorney Jessica Griffin on the CBS soap opera As the World Turns and as medical examiner Melinda Warner in the NBC police drama Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2000–2021). Tunie also appeared in films such as Rising Sun (1993), The Devil's Advocate (1997), The Caveman's Valentine (2001) receiving Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female nomination, Flight (2012), and Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody (2022).

Historical Context for March 14, 1959

In 1959, the world population was approximately 2,965,950,351 people^[†]