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United States Senator Jacob K. Javits appealed to the voters of the state yesterday to approve Amendment 4, giving the city permission to go outside its debt limit to borrow up to $500,000,000 for school construction.
State Dept weighs ousting USSR diplomat in reprisal; US officials speculate on handling of case
WASHINGTON, Oct. 18 -The Administration is poised for swift legal action tomorrow to end the steel strike if the waning hopes of settlement fail.
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AEC Chmn McCone and US scientists tour 2 mines and processing centers, Krivoi Rog area, Ukraine; rept is 1st disclosure of location of such operations
1959Nir Barkat, Israeli businessman and politician, Mayor of Jerusalem[†]
Nir Barkat is an Israeli businessman and politician, currently serving as Minister of Economy. He previously served as mayor of Jerusalem from 2008 to 2018.
1959Martin Kusch, German philosopher and academic[†]
Martin Kusch is Professor of philosophy at the University of Vienna. Until 2009, Kusch was Professor of Philosophy and Sociology of science at the Department of History and Philosophy of Science at Cambridge University. Prior to Cambridge, Kusch was lecturer in the Science Studies Unit of the University of Edinburgh.
In 1959, the world population was approximately 2,965,950,351 people[†]