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October 30, 1959

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Headlines from October 30, 1959

Doctors Graft Back Almost-Severed Leg; / CRUSHED LEG IS GRATED BACK

By United Press International

2 Calif drs graft patient's almost-severed leg back into place

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4 IN SOVIET LABEL REUTHER TRAITOR; Labor Leader Denies Charge by Former 'Co-Workers'

By Osgood Caruthers

Trud (USSR trade union pub) scores him as 'traitor' to the workers' cause and 'lackey' of monopolists; pub bitter recollections of 4 who said they knew Reuther when he worked in USSR Gorky auto plant in '30s; 1 claims Reuther married her; Reuther denies charges; holds them complete lies; Trud attack seen inspired by Premier Khrushchev's anger at Reuther after Premier's stormy conf with union leaders in San Francisco, Sept 20

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CUBA SUSPENDS HABEAS CORPUS TO QUELL PLOTS; Writ Removed as Military Courts Resume--Castro's Army Chief Missing

By R. Hart Phillips

small craft carrying Army C/S Cienfuegos reptd missing on flight from Camaguey to Havana

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Lloyd Urges Joint Tests To Get Nuclear-Ban Data; LLOYD PROPOSES JOINT ATOM TEST

By Special to The New York Times

Lloyd proposes Brit-US-USSR underground tests on which to base control system, Commons; repts accord near on atmospheric and underwater tests; State Dept officials welcome suggestion; note similar Apr 13 move by US

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Boy Severely Beats A Woman Teacher; PUPIL, 14, BEATS WOMAN TEACHER

By Guy Passant

J Martinez, 14, held for beating teacher Mrs Gillespie at James Otis JHS

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Notable Births

1959Vincent Lagaf', French actor, singer, and game show host^[†]

Vincent Rouïl , better known as Vincent Lagaf', is a French humorist, TV presenter, singer and actor.

Historical Events

1959Piedmont Airlines Flight 349 crashes on approach to Charlottesville–Albemarle Airport in Albemarle County, Virginia, killing 26 of the 27 on board.^[†]

On October 30, 1959, Piedmont Airlines Flight 349, a Douglas DC-3, crashed on Bucks Elbow Mountain near Crozet, Virginia, killing the crew of three and all but one of its twenty-four passengers. The sole survivor was seriously injured and lay on the ground near the wreckage, still strapped in his seat.

Historical Context for October 30, 1959

In 1959, the world population was approximately 2,965,950,351 people^[†]