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White House conf opens; Eisenhower message; Vice Pres Nixon s; J W Hanes cites US aid to refugees since World War II; outlines Govt program to aid some 'hard core' refugees
Monaghan wins 1-wk delay; Comm pub 5 specific charges against him
A state investigating committee said yesterday that the Board of Education had been the victim of unjustified charges of waste and was suffering extralegal interference from city agencies.
27 Apalachin conferees indicted, NYC, for conspiracy to obstruct justice by refusing to reveal nature of Nov '57 conv; Fed agents seize 21 in 9 states; move seen effort to crush Mafia in US; 36 other conferees named as co-conspirators but not defendants; all names listed; 3 defendants also indicted for perjury before grand jury
Hammarskjold reaffirms opposition to UN mil force to guard W Berlin, news conf; holds such force would be outside UN scope
1959David Blatt, Israeli-American basketball player and coach[†]
David Michael Blatt is an Israeli-American professional basketball executive. He is also a former coach and player.
1959Olin Browne, American golfer[†]
Olin Douglas Browne is an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour and now plays on the PGA Tour Champions.
1959Morrissey, English singer-songwriter and performer[†]
Steven Patrick Morrissey, known mononymously as Morrissey, is an English singer and songwriter. He came to prominence as the frontman and lyricist of rock band the Smiths, who were active from 1982 to 1987. Since then, he has pursued a successful solo career. Morrissey's music is characterised by his baritone voice and distinctive lyrics with recurring themes of emotional isolation, sexual longing, self-deprecating and dark humour, and anti-establishment stances.
1959Kwak Jae-yong, South Korean director and screenwriter[†]
Kwak Jae-yong is a South Korean film director and screenwriter. He studied physics at Kyung Hee University. He achieved success with his debut film Watercolor Painting in a Rainy Day in 1989, but the failure of his next two movies led to eight years of unemployment before a comeback with the smash-hit film My Sassy Girl in 2001. He is known for his fondness of love stories set in a mix of different genres.
1959Mehbooba Mufti, Indian politician[†]
Mehbooba Bur Mufti Sayed in Bijbihara Anantnag district is an Indian politician and leader of the Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party (PDP), who served as the 9th and last chief minister of the erstwhile state Jammu and Kashmir from 4 April 2016 to 19 June 2018. She was the first female chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir. After the revocation of Article 370 of the constitution in August 2019, Mufti was detained without any charges at first and later under the Jammu and Kashmir Public Safety Act.
In 1959, the world population was approximately 2,965,950,351 people[†]