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Morse says he wants Cong in session when Khrushchev arrives; delaying tactics described
N Vietnam scores Laos plea, asks UN reject it; says US and Laos accuse N Vietnam as pretext for SEATO intervention; charges civil war in Laos, denies N Vietnamese intervention; again scores US 'interference,'
The Yankees still have a few thrills left even if everything else is running out on them in these waning days of the 1959 season.
mfrs expect fall boom
situation revd
1959Bill Root, Canadian ice hockey player[†]
William John Root is a Canadian retired professional ice hockey defenceman who played six seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Montreal Canadiens, Toronto Maple Leafs, St. Louis Blues and Philadelphia Flyers between 1982 and 1988. As a youth, he played in the 1972 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a minor ice hockey team from Toronto.
1959Edmund Gwenn, English actor (born 1877)[†]
Edmund Gwenn was an English actor. On film, he is best remembered for his role as Kris Kringle in the Christmas film Miracle on 34th Street (1947), for which he won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and the corresponding Golden Globe Award. He received a second Golden Globe and another Academy Award nomination for the comedy film Mister 880 (1950). He is also remembered for his appearances in four films directed by Alfred Hitchcock.
1959Kay Kendall, English actress and comedian (born 1927)[†]
Justine Kay Kendall McCarthy was an English actress and singer. She began her film career in the musical film London Town (1946), a financial failure. Kendall worked regularly until her appearance in the comedy film Genevieve (1953) brought her widespread recognition. Prolific in British films, Kendall also achieved some popularity with American audiences, and won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy for her role in the musical-comedy film Les Girls (1957).
In 1959, the world population was approximately 2,965,950,351 people[†]