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WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- President Eisenhower was called upon today to consult as soon as possible with Senate Democratic and Republican leaders on his conversations with Premier Khrushchev.
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Los Angeles and Milwaukee end season in 1st place tie; play-off set
casualties rept; damage put at $100 million; Nagoya hardest hit; storm path traced; USAF base near Tokyo repts $1-million damage; Handa damage illus
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1959Rudolf Caracciola, German race car driver (born 1901)[†]
Otto Wilhelm Rudolf Caracciola was a German racing driver. He won the European Drivers' Championship, the pre-1950 equivalent of the modern Formula One World Championship, an unsurpassed three times. He also won the European Hillclimbing Championship three times – twice in sports cars, and once in Grand Prix cars. Caracciola raced for Mercedes-Benz during their original dominating Silver Arrows period, named after the silver colour of the cars, and set speed records for the firm. He was affectionately dubbed Caratsch by the German public, and was known by the title of Regenmeister, or "Rainmaster", for his prowess in wet conditions.
In 1959, the world population was approximately 2,965,950,351 people[†]
