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The stock market became sticky along with the weather as the dog days of August approached. Stocks rose for the first three days of the week, setting successive new highs as measured by The New York Times combined average of fifty issues on both Tuesday and Wednesday.
Jan-June revd; record yr seen
Cleveland group raises funds to restore showboat Majestic to activity; comment on other showboats in use
HR com backs Patman bill directing Fed Credit Unions Bur to prepare plan by Jan 15 authorizing central credit unions; details on bill; growth in number and assets of credit unions discussed; charts, '54-58
compromise on lifting 4 1/4% ceiling acceptable to Adm reptdly worked out between several HR com Dems and Sec Anderson; talks held at Rayburn request; compromise alters Reuss 'sense of Cong' amendment to cover gen debt mgt policy; Treas cash-needs problem eased by success of 4 3/4% issue
1959Jim Doughan, American actor[†]
James Francis Doughan is an American actor, teacher and writer. He is best known for his roles as Detective Doyle in The Mask (1994) and Detective Allen as well as the voice of Lucky the Cat in Stuart Little (1999) and the head coach for the soccer team Stuart and his human brother, George Little, play for in Stuart Little 2 (2002). He is currently a performing arts teacher at Harvard-Westlake School in Los Angeles, California.
1959Victoria Jackson, American actress and singer[†]
Victoria Jackson is an American actress and comedian. She was a cast member on the series Saturday Night Live from 1986 to 1992.
1959Johnny Kemp, Bahamian singer-songwriter and producer (died 2015)[†]
Jonathan "Johnny" Kemp was a Bahamian singer, songwriter, and record producer. He began his career as a songwriter in late 1979 and is perhaps best known for his solo work, including his single "Just Got Paid" (1988), which was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best R&B Song in 1989.
1959Apollonia Kotero, American singer and actress[†]
Patricia Apollonia Kotero is an American actress, songwriter, singer, producer, director, podcast host and former model. She is known for co-starring in Prince's 1984 film Purple Rain and for having been the lead singer of the girl group Apollonia 6.
In 1959, the world population was approximately 2,965,950,351 people[†]