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The Mayor's Committee on Slum Clearance yesterday issued its second quarterly report. It showed the following major changes in the city Title I program:
US men win, 127-108; USSR women win, 67-40; T Press (USSR) surpasses listed women's world shot-put mark, V Kuznetsov (USSR) surpasses listed world decathlon mark
2 Manhattan-bound Flushing IRT trains halted by fire in E River tunnel; 63 suffering from smoke poisoning taken to hosp after trains reach Grand Central station; map; illus
Wagner says he will 'rein in' Moses to end friction within Com, TV int; Moses stresses he did not say entire Title I program is dead; Com qrly rept shows major changes in projects; 3 added, 5 dropped; details; map of projects under contract, planned, added and dropped; Moses, Lebwohl comment
GENEVA, July 19 -- A new phase of the Big Four foreign ministers' conference will begin tomorrow, the start of its eighth week. The Western powers will begin probing to find the price they must pay for a settlement of the Berlin crisis.
1959Radney Foster, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer[†]
Radney Muckleroy Foster is an American country music singer-songwriter, musician and music producer. Initially a songwriter in Nashville, Tennessee, Foster made his recording debut as part of the Foster & Lloyd duo, recording three studio albums and with nine singles on the country charts.
1959William D. Leahy, American admiral and diplomat, United States Ambassador to France (born 1875)[†]
William Daniel Leahy was an American naval officer and was the most senior United States military officer on active duty during World War II; he held several titles and exercised considerable influence over foreign and military policy. As a fleet admiral, he was the first flag officer ever to hold a five-star rank in the U.S. Armed Forces.
In 1959, the world population was approximately 2,965,950,351 people[†]