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USSR reptdly sends supplies to Poland to ease shortage
US Assembly com unanimously approves resolution referring disarmament proposals to 10-nation com; Lodge challenges Kuznetsov assertion Khrushchev plan will be study basis; issue of UN mil force to police disarmament accord debated
Govt takes over more foreign-controlled lands
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1959Hal Hartley, American director, producer, and screenwriter[†]
Hal Hartley is an American film director, screenwriter, producer and composer who became a key figure in the American independent film movement of the 1980s and '90s. His films include The Unbelievable Truth (1989), Trust (1990), Simple Men (1992), Amateur (1994) and Henry Fool (1997), which are notable for deadpan humour and offbeat characters quoting philosophical dialogue. Hartley frequently scores his own films, sometimes under the pseudonym Ned Rifle, and his soundtracks regularly feature music by Sonic Youth, Yo La Tengo and PJ Harvey.
In 1959, the world population was approximately 2,965,950,351 people[†]