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In 1959, the world population was approximately 2,965,950,351 people[†]
1959Thomas Quasthoff, German opera singer[†]
Thomas Quasthoff is a German bass-baritone. Quasthoff has a range of musical interest from Bach cantatas, to lieder, and solo jazz improvisations. Born with severe birth defects caused by thalidomide, Quasthoff is 1.34 m, and has phocomelia.
1959Tony Slattery, British actor, comedian and television personality (died 2025)[†]
Tony Declan James Slattery was a British actor and comedian. He appeared on British television regularly from the mid-1980s, including as a regular on the Channel 4 improvisation show Whose Line Is It Anyway?. His serious and comedic film work included roles in The Crying Game, Peter's Friends and How to Get Ahead in Advertising.
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NYC Met Area printing and publishing industries analyzed in W E Gustafson study as part of Harvard U series for Regional Plan Assn; industries employ 160,000 with little change seen through '85; area's continued dominance seen assured; other data; table on present and future employment
Mitchell repts Eisenhower to give Cong plan to settle strike if talks during injunction period fail; optimistic on voluntary settlement, TV int
USSR asks US back proposed resolution for UN to call internatl scientific conf for exch of space data; continuing disagreement on membership of UN body discussed
WASHINGTON, Nov. 8--Canada has added her voice to the growing chorus of nations demanding to be heard--and to hear more--in the councils of the Western alliance.
US mil comdrs around world called to Washington to aid Defense Dept in budget plans for mil aid spending; pressure from Draper and others against cutting spending discussed; cuts seen inevitable
police posing as beatniks join in seizing 109 persons and $1 million in heroin, Bklyn, Harlem and Greenwich Village; illus
Khrushchev holds disputed area is unpopulated and of no strategic value, comment to foreign correspondents; reiterates hopes for peaceful settlement
7 dead; fire under control; threat to nearby gasoline storage tanks eased; firemen and volunteers fight blaze; illus; map
UAR and Sudan sign accord, Cairo; details
he issues statement, Mex City, to NY Times on role in TV quiz show scandal
Sen Langer, Repub, ND
Estimate Bd action on '60 budget seen test of Wagner control of Bd; all members except Gerosa seen approving big cuts; Beame sees cuts, TV; Gerosa holds $200 million within debt limit will be available for projects plus $150 million of unused '59 funds, TV; Isaacs comments, radio