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Debre and Couve de Murville to conf, London, with Macmillan and Lloyd; latter to press for 'flexible' approach
snow, sleet
Nye convicted, sentenced to death as plotter against Castro; sentence suspended on condition he leave Cuba and never return; he leaves; continues to protest innocence, statement; trial described
US to propose that initially only tests causing dangerous fall-out be banned
Dulles returns unexpectedly to Walter Reed Army Hosp from Fla; illus; Nixon, Herter among greeters at airport; Eisenhower reptdly hears Fla exam showed cancer spread
1959John Middendorf, American mountain climber (died 2024)[†]
John William Middendorf IV was an American big wall climber, mountaineering writer and designer of climbing equipment.
1959Eduard van Beinum, Dutch pianist, violinist, and conductor (born 1901)[†]
Eduard Alexander van Beinum was a Dutch conductor.
In 1959, the world population was approximately 2,965,950,351 people[†]