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Pravda scores SEATO on 'black 5th anniv'; says pressure is being applied to force Cambodia to join
makes plea, ser; illus
UNITED NATIONS, N. Y., Sept. 6 -- The Big Four have decided that a new ten-nation disarmament group to be established outside the United Nations will start work in Geneva early next year.
Security Council to weigh Western resolution to probe charges of aggression against N Vietnam; resolution will call for setting up fact-finding subcom to probe situation without trying to enter N Vietnam; Amb Lodge asks Italy, Japan and Tunisia to serve on proposed subcom; speculation on outcome of Council session
Mitchell repts he will urge Eisenhower intervention if strike lasts until Oct, TV int; approves new talk tactics; sees early settlement possible
1959Maurice Duplessis, Canadian lawyer and politician, 16th Premier of Quebec (born 1890)[†]
Maurice Le Noblet Duplessis, byname "Le Chef", was a Canadian lawyer and politician who served as the 16th premier of Quebec. A conservative, nationalist, populist, anti-communist, anti-unionist and fervent Catholic, Duplessis and his party, the Union Nationale, dominated provincial politics from the 1920s to the 1950s. With a total of 18 years and 82 days in office, he remains the longest-serving premier in Quebec history.
In 1959, the world population was approximately 2,965,950,351 people[†]