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July 13, 1959

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BUTLER DISCERNS MOVE TO OUST HIM; Says Critics of His Attacks Seek to Name a Western Senator as Party Head BUTLER DISCERNS MOVE TO OUST HIM

By Allen Druryspecial To the New York Times

Butler links turmoil to efforts to assure Cong control of '60 Dem Pres conv, TV; says he meant no personal criticism of Johnson and Rayburn; charges lag on program; Mansfield, H A Williams Jr comment; Symington urges Cong to disregard veto threat, TV; Dirksen comments on Dem program; Missouri Natl Committeeman Holloran urges Butler resign

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Harriman for Acceptance Of East Germans' Regime; HARRIMAN URGES REDS' ACCEPTANCE

By Sam Pope Brewer

Harriman suggests de facto recognition of E Ger as step toward solution, TV int; holds Berlin crisis is largely a diversion from more vital issue of nuclear weapons control

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Cavanagh Scores Idlewild On Jet Rescue Operations; CAVANAGH SCORES IDLEWILD ON JET

By Joseph C. Ingraham

Comr Cavanagh charges NY Port Auth personnel hindered Fire Dept rescue operations; Auth exec dir Tobin replies; plane pilot Sommers charges crowds near runway would have blocked rescue crews; Cavanagh cites Fire Dept authority at any fire scene; traffic snarls described; 3 press assns and ABC score Auth workers turning foam on newsmen; Auth aviation dir Wiley comments; damaged craft impounded by Fed inspectors; illus

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Kozlov, at Close of Tour, Predicts a Socialist U. S.; Agrees With Khrushchev on Change -- Repeats Soviet Bid to Settle German Question, but Omits Past Threats KOZLOV PREDICTS A SOCIALIST U. S.

By Harry Schwartz

Kozlov reaffirms USSR position, statement after US tour

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U. S. PROPS URGED TO AID HOG PRICES; Stop-Gap Program Offered by Private Group to Avert 'Critically Low' Levels U. S. PROPS URGED TO AID HOG PRICES

By William M. Blairspecial To the New York Times

Natl Planning Assn (Soth) com warns of crisis from hog price drop; urges 1-yr program to slow hog output by mktg hogs at weights below 200 lbs, compensating producers by Govt subsidy; other details; background of crisis

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Notable Births

1959Richard Leman, English field hockey player^[†]

Richard Alexander Leman is a former field hockey player who was a member of the gold medal-winning Great Britain squad in the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.

1959Fuziah Salleh, Malaysian politician^[†]

Fuziah binti Salleh is a Malaysian politician who has served as the Deputy Minister of Domestic Trade and Costs of Living in the Unity Government administration under Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim and Ministers Salahuddin Ayub and Armizan Mohd Ali as well as Senator since December 2022. She served as the Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Department in charge of religious affairs in the PH administration under former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad and former Minister Mujahid Yusof Rawa from July 2018 to the collapse of the PH administration in February 2020 and the Member of Parliament (MP) for Kuantan from March 2008 to November 2022. She is a member of the People's Justice Party (PKR), a component party of the PH coalition. She has also served as the Secretary-General of PKR since September 2024. She also served as the State Chairperson of PKR of Pahang from May 2024 to September 2024, Women Chief of PKR from July 2020 to July 2022 and Vice President of PKR from November 2010 to August 2014 as well as the State Chairperson of PH of Pahang from March 2019 to September 2022.

Historical Context for July 13, 1959

In 1959, the world population was approximately 2,965,950,351 people^[†]