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75,000 shots of Salk vaccine stolen from Montreal U research lab; loss affects drive against current outbreak
Adenauer calls W Ger reception of Eisenhower evidence of how people have turned against nazism by 20th anniv of World War II outbreak, radio s
400 Chinese Communist troops reptd to have invaded Bhutan, occupied several sq mi; map; patrol reptdly crossed into Sikkim, was arrested; Nehru, prior to repts, says he hopes border situation will be settled peacefully, Parliament debate; rejects proposal to bomb Communist-built rd in Ladakh; holds McMahon Line dividing India and Tibet must be respected
backs Pres Eisenhower initiative in exch visits with Premier Khrushchev, lr to Pres
4 held in W 45th St slayings; illus; 5 others held on minor charges; police hold attack organized by youth seeking revenge against boy who threatened him for offering marijuana to his mother
1959Mike Duxbury, English footballer[†]
Michael Duxbury is a former footballer who won ten caps for England. At club level, he played in the Football League for Manchester United, Blackburn Rovers and Bradford City, and in the Hong Kong First Division League for Golden.
In 1959, the world population was approximately 2,965,950,351 people[†]