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Chalk details offer; would pay $615 million for system, $150 million in cash
Dr Bailey repts 10 monkeys died from exposure to ultra-high-frequency radio waves focused on brain stem, Apr 9 testimony, HR subcom, on Natl Insts and Defense Dept experiments; repts 10 other monkeys recovered from damage after ltd exposure; discounts damage from ordinary radio and radar
Premier Castro visit to Bronx Zoo described; illus
Fulbright urges giving Fund $7.5 billion to cover 5 yrs operations and remove it from annual pol battle over appropriations; backed by Sens Humphrey and Kennedy
bill signed to let NYCTA operate facilities near outlying subway stations
1959Paul Madden, English diplomat, British High Commissioner to Australia[†]
Paul Damian Madden is a retired British diplomat, who was High Commissioner to Singapore and to Australia, and Ambassador to Japan between 2017 and 2021.
1959Daniel Kash, Canadian actor and director[†]
Daniel Joshua Kash is a Canadian actor and film director. He is known for his appearances in films such as Aliens, The Hunt for the BTK Killer, and The Path to 9/11, and in television series such as Law & Order, Orphan Black, and The Expanse.
1959Tony Phillips, American baseball player (died 2016)[†]
Keith Anthony Phillips was an American professional baseball utility player who had an 18-year Major League Baseball (MLB) career from 1982 to 1999. He played regularly at second base, but also had significant time as a shortstop and third baseman. In addition, Phillips showed his versatility with over 100 game appearances in the outfield corners and as a designated hitter.
1959The Saint Lawrence Seaway, linking the North American Great Lakes and the Atlantic Ocean, officially opens to shipping.[†]
The St. Lawrence Seaway is a system of rivers, locks, canals and channels in Eastern Canada and Northern United States that permits oceangoing vessels to travel from the Atlantic Ocean to the Great Lakes of North America, as far inland as Duluth, Minnesota, at the western end of Lake Superior. The seaway is named for the St. Lawrence River, which flows straight from Lake Ontario to the Atlantic Gulf of St. Lawrence. Legally, the seaway extends from Montreal, Quebec, to Lake Erie, and includes the Welland Canal. Ships from the Atlantic Ocean are able to reach ports in all five of the Great Lakes via the Great Lakes Waterway.
In 1959, the world population was approximately 2,965,950,351 people[†]