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WASHINGTON, Nov. 16 -The Government disclosed today that it plans to expand its controversial new requirement that certain foreign aid funds be used only to buy United States goods.
US Sup Ct rejects Teamsters petition to rev Appeals Ct June 10 decision upholding Letts orders; move seen clearing legal obstacles that have blocked monitors bd reforms; hailed by Schmidt; Hoffa disappointed; O'Donoghue says clean-up will proceed with due speed, but cautions against hope of spectacular progress
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city repts probe may be extended to 15-20 more inspectors; repts racket operated on city-wide basis; Kaplan repts complaints recd from more prosperous areas; says probe will cover any products sold by weighing or measuring; Wagner pledges swift action against guilty
Holds US and USSR can work out ground rules for competition and cooperation because each has common interest in survival, s, Natl Foreign Trade Council, NYC; illus
1959Terry Fenwick, English footballer and manager[†]
Terence William Fenwick is an English former football manager and player who played either as a centre-back or a full-back.
1959William R. Moses, American actor and producer[†]
William Remington Moses is an American actor.
1959Jaanus Tamkivi, Estonian politician[†]
Jaanus Tamkivi is an Estonian politician of the Estonian Reform Party. He was Mayor of Kuressaare from 1996 to 2005, a member of the Riigikogu from 2005 to 2015, and the Minister of the Environment from 2007 to 2011. Currently he is the chairman of Saaremaa Municipality Council.
1959Heitor Villa-Lobos, Brazilian guitarist and composer (born 1887)[†]
Heitor Villa-Lobos was a Brazilian composer, conductor, cellist, and classical guitarist described as "the single most significant creative figure in 20th-century Brazilian art music". Villa-Lobos has globally become one of the most recognizable South American composers in music history. A prolific composer, he wrote numerous orchestral, chamber, instrumental and vocal works, totaling over 2,000 works by his death in 1959. His music was influenced by both Brazilian folk music and stylistic elements from the European classical tradition, as exemplified by his Bachianas Brasileiras and his Chôros. His Etudes for classical guitar (1929) were dedicated to Andrés Segovia, while his 5 Preludes (1940) were dedicated to his spouse Arminda Neves d'Almeida, a.k.a. "Mindinha". Both are important works in the classical guitar repertory.
In 1959, the world population was approximately 2,965,950,351 people[†]