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conspiracy trial of 22 Apalachin figures opens, NYC; 23d defendant, J Bonanno, wins delay because of illness
Kennedy repts alarming rise in major crimes, Jan-Sept, over '58 period; stresses youth violence rise; table
300,000 at rally as Castro denounces US for allegedly permitting bombing of defenseless people; illus; he repts new bombings; gets mob support on re-establishing mil cts and executing traitors; assails foreign vested interests; appeals to US people to protest bombings; nation-wide work stoppage permits workers to hear s on TV and radio; NBC photographer menaced by crowd
W Sullivan sees photo backing theory of composition of hidden face; diagram shows features previously known or suspected
steel strike seen slowing bldg
1959Rick Carlisle, American basketball player and coach[†]
Richard Preston Carlisle is an American basketball coach and former player who is the head coach for the Indiana Pacers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He has previously served as head coach of the Detroit Pistons and Dallas Mavericks, winning the 2011 NBA Finals with the latter. As a player, Carlisle played for the Boston Celtics, New York Knicks, and New Jersey Nets. He is one of only 14 people to win an NBA championship as both a player and a coach.
In 1959, the world population was approximately 2,965,950,351 people[†]