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HR, 243-162, approves bill; deletes declaration of Cong intent to compensate states for interstate hwys already built without Fed aid
Brig Gen Amkha Soukhavong repts 4,500 Communists threaten Samneua; says N Vietnam troops and supplies have been crossing Song Ma River since start of offensive; holds aim to drive Govt forces out of Samneua, form perimeter around northern border areas; repts Communist rebel units in Muong Het, Sop Sal and Sop Bao areas; map; says royal forces have drawn firm line for battle of Samneua
Raskin repts 8 Dem Govs headed by Gov Lawrence wire Eisenhower for conf, citing critical strike effects; move aims to reopen mills, avert Taft-Hartley Act invocation; Mitchell charges union-mgt lack of 'goodwill and compromise,' radio int; McDonald says strike will be longest in indus history
5 youths held
Wagner signs 'meter maid' bill
1959Kevin Harrington, Australian actor[†]
Kevin Harrington is an Australian stage, television and film actor and comedian who is perhaps best known for his roles as Kevin Findlay on the Australian drama SeaChange in the 1990s and as David Bishop on the soap opera Neighbours.
1959Armin Kogler, Austrian ski jumper[†]
Armin Kogler is an Austrian former ski jumper.
In 1959, the world population was approximately 2,965,950,351 people[†]