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Mayor Wagner charged yesterday that the Republican leaders of the Legislature had forced Governor Rockefeller to cut the amount of state aid he had promised to the city.
WASHINGTON, April 5 -- Congress will reconvene Tuesday, after an eleven-day Easter recess, to resume battles over such major legislative problems as the budget, defense, labor and civil rights.
O Eckstein, in study for CED, says state and local budgets will rise from $38.4 billion in fiscal '59 to $47.4 billion in '64 with deficits growing
Nehru scores Indian Communist party leaders for linking India with revolt, news conf; again says India wants friendly ties with China but is sympathetic towards Tibet; cites Indian security as major factor; rules out Dalai Lama's exercise of pol authority, sees no reason to keep him from functioning as spiritual leader; hopes for restoration of Tibetan autonomy
Dem Advisory Council urges Cong ignore Pres demands for balanced budget and pass bills needed to spur econ growth, statement; calls budget inadequate
1959Gail Shea, Canadian politician[†]
Gail A. Shea is a Canadian politician who served as the Member of Parliament for Egmont from 2008 to 2015. She was previously a member of the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island from 2000 to 2007, representing the electoral district of Tignish-DeBlois as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party.
1959Leo Aryeh Mayer, Polish-Israeli scholar and academic (born 1895)[†]
Leo Aryeh Mayer OBE, was an Israeli scholar of Islamic art and rector of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
In 1959, the world population was approximately 2,965,950,351 people[†]