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Pres election, W Berlin; Luebke elected Pres en 2d ballot; Adenauer victory seen; W Berlin votes counted with those of W Ger
Rayburn hopes com will back Adm; says many oppose it
Dr Lief repts Long suffered slight heart failure; Long undergoes med exams; Dr Watkins says memory is intact; Gov's activities for day are strenuous; holds press conf; denies Mrs Schley holds campaign funds for him
taxi drivers int as tax goes into effect; say tips are cut; vow election reprisals against Wagner; illus
US tech aid pact, 1st since '56 crisis, signed; put at ¶8 million; linked to improved relations with West
1959Erwin Olaf, Dutch photographer (died 2023)[†]
Erwin Olaf Springveld, professionally known as Erwin Olaf, was a Dutch photographer from Hilversum. Time magazine described his work as straddling "the worlds of commercial, art and fashion photography at once".
In 1959, the world population was approximately 2,965,950,351 people[†]