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April 16, 1959

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DULLES RESIGNS AS SECRETARY; SADDENED EISENHOWER HAILS HIM;; ADVISER ROLE SET President Gives News -- Medical Reports Led to Decision Dulles Resigns as Secretary but Will Serve as a Consultant EISENHOWER GIVES NEWS AT AUGUSTA Tells Reporters Secretary's Decision Was Based on Reports of Doctors

By Felix Belair Jr.special To the New York Times

Eisenhower announces Dulles resignation, news conf, Augusta, Ga; illus; says no decision has been made on successor; says Dulles will be consultant; Herter seen named

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Meyner and Ribicoff Urge U. S. To Limit New York Income Tax; 2 STATES ASK CURB ON NEW YORK TAX

By John D. Morrisspecial To the New York Times

WASHINGTON, April 15 -The Governors of New Jersey and Connecticut appealed to Congress today for relief from New York State's income tax on nonresidents.

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U. N. IS EXPECTING KEY BERLIN ROLE AFTER BIG 4 TALKS; Hammarskjold Maintains It Should Be Used to Carry Out an Agreement U. N. IS EXPECTING KEY BERLIN ROLE

By Thomas J. Hamiltonspecial To the New York Times

UN key role in settlement indicated in Hammarskjold plan to open foreign mins conf; speculation

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AIDES ADVISE CITY ON RAISING MONEY; At Amiable Budget Hearing They Suggest New Income to Give Them More Pay AIDES ADVISE CITY ON RAISING MONEY

By Paul Crowell

Uniformed Sanitation Men's Assn pres DeLury urges city to charge for collection of refuse, budget hearings; sees $55,892,858 yrly revenue

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HERTER IS SLATED AS SUCCESSOR; NAMING DELAYED Eisenhower Remarks on Cabinet Choice Stir Confusion HERTER IS SLATED TO BE SUCCESSOR

By E. W. Kenworthyspecial To the New York Times

delay on naming successor confuses Washington

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Notable Births

1959Alison Ramsay, English-Scottish field hockey player and lawyer^[†]

Alison Gail Ramsay is a former Scottish field hockey player, who was a member of the Great Britain and Northern Ireland squad that won the bronze medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. She is one of the world's most capped women's hockey players, with over 250 appearances for Scotland and Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and received the MBE.

Historical Context for April 16, 1959

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