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Rockefeller May 22 lr to Monaghan imposing code of conduct on Comr and aides after he refused to resign made pub; Rockefeller gets Investigation Comm rept
Mayor Wagner repts he is checking on alleged 'deal' between Slum Clearance Com vice chmn T J Shanahan and Met Corp of Amer, sponsor of Bklyn housing project in Pratt Inst area redevelopment; Shanahan also pres of Fed Bank and Trust Co, which reptdly made $13,130,600 in mortgage loans to project sponsors, W J Hartnett Jr, until recently Met Corp vp, was formerly asst to Shanahan in Housing Auth; Met Corp denies Hartnett linked to mortgage transaction; Hartnett defends Shanahan; Wagner asks Deputy Mayor O'Keefe to probe situation
Gov Meyner proposes using surplus revenues over 28-yr period to aid commuter rrs and buses; program would require Legis approval of referendum asking voters to pledge state's credit behind Tpk bonds due '88 in return for bondholders giving up lien on revenues
walkout continues; rr freight cars halted, some re-routed with ICC permission; map; illus; legal action over walkout discussed
Wagner confs with both sides on details of labor's proposals but fails to arrange joint conf; Hosp Assn repts 'progress'; sees settlement 'possible'; Wagner silent on memos by both sides on peace plan; wide divergences known to exist; text of hosp lr rejecting conf with labor reprs
1959Carol Anderson, American author and historian[†]
Carol Elaine Anderson is an American academic. She is the Charles Howard Candler professor of African American Studies at Emory University. Her research focuses on public policy with regard to race, justice, and equality. In 2023, she was elected to the American Philosophical Society.
1959Lawrence Haddad, South African-English economist and academic[†]
Lawrence James Haddad, is a British economist whose main research focuses on how to make food systems work better to advance the nutrition status of people globally.
1959Nikos Stavropoulos, Greek basketball player and coach[†]
Nikolaos "Nikos" Stavropoulos, a.k.a. Professor Nicholas "Magic" Stavropoulos, is a former Greek professional basketball player and coach. During his club playing career, at a height of 1.96 m tall, Stavropoulos played at the point guard and shooting guard positions. During his playing career, Stavropoulos was known for his dazzling passing skills, and his spectacular play-making ability, which garnered him the nickname "Magic", or "Greek Magic", after NBA player Magic Johnson, who played during the same era, and was also known for his dazzling passes and play-making ability.
In 1959, the world population was approximately 2,965,950,351 people[†]