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Investors who play the market with their eyes closed will be running into trouble before the end of 1959, according to five out of six Wall Street authorities interviewed last week.
Saarland econ reintegration set; map; history
GOTEBORG, Sweden, July 4 -- Ingemar Johansson, the world heavyweight boxing champion, said tonight during his homecoming celebration that he expected his first title defense to be held in Los Angeles.
indus seen offering wide choice of both small and large cars in fall; models described
The collection of art being sent to Moscow for the American National Exhibition opening there July 25 consists of forty-nine paintings and twenty-three pieces of sculpture. They were chosen by a committee of four -- a painter, a sculptor, a museum curator and an art educator. The works all date from after 1918 -- as does the Soviet art now on exhibit at the New York Coliseum.
1959Marc Cohn, American singer-songwriter and keyboard player[†]
Marc Craig Cohn is an American singer-songwriter and musician. He won the Grammy Award for Best New Artist in 1992. Cohn is best known for the song "Walking in Memphis", from his 1991 album Marc Cohn, which was a Top 40 hit.
In 1959, the world population was approximately 2,965,950,351 people[†]