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In 1959, the world population was approximately 2,965,950,351 people[†]
1959Victoria Abril, Spanish actress and singer[†]
Victoria Mérida Rojas, better known as Victoria Abril, is a Spanish film actress and singer based in France. She is possibly best known to international audiences for her performance in the film Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! by director Pedro Almodóvar.
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Castro bars any intervention by US or internatl agency in domestic affairs, TV; charges Trujillo seeks to provoke hostilities to give US or OAS pretext for such intervention; denies Communist links; calls Diaz traitor and deserter
Wagner names com to study taxi tax effects; pub members are J A Coleman, J Adikes and J T Cahill; taxi indus members are H G Friedlander, United Taxi Council lawyer, and O Katz, Amalgamated Taxi Owners Assn pres
Moses says 'ruinous charges and misstatements' have made Title I program largely a 'dead duck'; outlines negotiations with Pokrass and Buchanan group on Mid-Harlem project; says he would welcome new Buchanan group sponsorship offer; derides O'Keefe investigations; Wagner says Kessler will be eliminated from slum clearance projects because he, as Estimate Bd chmn, will not approve projects involving Kessler
new flags raised July 4 at 12:01 AM over Capitol and Ft McHenry; illus
NASA to launch biggest, most complex satellite weighing 91.5 lbs, developed by Army to perform many scientific tests; tech difficulties delayed launching 6 mos; Juno II to be launching vehicle; satellite shaped like gyroscope for greater stability; instrumentation described; illus
Communist China sets land redistribution program; pledges payment to landlord collaborators
Kozlov denies synagogue closings and other charges, reply to query on Harrington-Holmes-Thomas lr; holds Jews live better in USSR than in Israel
All-Eng champs, Wimbledon; A Olmedo wins men's singles
Long decides to campaign despite warnings of 6 drs; drives to Baton Rouge; denies Gravel charges on Mrs Schley adoption of baby; Gravel says Gov and Mrs Long sought to disrupt Schley marriage
talks recess for wk-end; McDonald-Cooper statement
The usual pre-holiday rush from the city by auto, bus, train and plane took place yesterday, but there was less traffic congestion than usual.
big Navy expansion planned