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November 20, 1959

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Headlines from November 20, 1959

COMPLAINTS RISE ON FOOD CHEATING IN MARKETS HERE; Series of Reports on Some City Supermarkets Flood Meat Investigators LOUGHRAN HAS 2D HOME Ousted Markets Aide Rents $220 Yonkers Apartment Plus One in Brooklyn COMPLAINTS RISE IN MEAT INQUIRY

By Robert Alden

Kaplan repts city flooded with complaints of cheating, mostly in super mkts; welcomes pub cooperation; NY Dist Atty office says frauds uncovered are confined to small Bklyn sec; repts none in Manhattan; Loughran, whose salary was $158 a wk, found to maintain residences in Bklyn and Yonkers; 6 witnesses testify before grand jury; Lapidus pleads guilty to 2 extortion counts; is called 'co-op' witness; gets 24-hr police guard

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SPAAK ASKS NATO TO AID POOR LANDS IN ECONOMIC WAR; Proposes Revision of Pact's Aims to Counter Global Drive by Communists SPAAK ASKS NATO TO POOR LANDS

By William J. Jordenspecial To the New York Times

Sec Gen Spaak urges Western aid program to underdeveloped areas, s, NATO interparliamentary conf, Washington; sees need to expand and revise NATO concept to fight Communist econ challenge; conf approves com recommendation for conf on aid; com chmn Sen Javits stresses need to relieve US of some of burden

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Notable Births

Diane James

1959Diane James, British politician[†]

Diane Martine James is a British politician who was a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for South East England from 2014 to 2019. She was briefly leader-elect of the UK Independence Party (UKIP) from September 2016 to October 2016, but resigned before formalising her leadership. At the time of her election to the European Parliament, James was one of three UKIP MEPs for South East England, before joining the Brexit Party in 2019.

Mario Martone

1959Mario Martone, Italian director and screenwriter[†]

Mario Martone is an Italian filmmaker. He has directed more than 30 films since 1985. His films have been shown in prestigious international film festivals over the world.

Franz-Peter Tebartz-van Elst

1959Franz-Peter Tebartz-van Elst, German prelate of the Catholic Church and theologian[†]

Franz-Peter Tebartz-van Elst is a German prelate of the Catholic Church and theologian. He was a vicar and an auxiliary bishop in Münster before becoming the Bishop of Limburg in January 2008. Pope Francis removed him from the exercise of his episcopal office on 23 October 2013 and on 26 March 2014 accepted his resignation as Bishop of Limburg, following a long-standing public dispute about the costs and financing of a diocesan construction project.

Sean Young

1959Sean Young, American actress and dancer[†]

Mary Sean Young is an American actress. She is particularly known for working in science fiction films, although she has performed roles in a variety of genres.

Notable Deaths

Sylvia Lopez

1959Sylvia Lopez, French model and actress (born 1933)[†]

Sylvia Lopez was a French model and actress.

Historical Events

Declaration of the Rights of the Child

1959The Declaration of the Rights of the Child is adopted by the United Nations.[†]

The Declaration of the Rights of the Child, sometimes known as the Geneva Declaration of the Rights of the Child, is an international document promoting child rights, drafted by Eglantyne Jebb and adopted by the League of Nations in 1924, and adopted in an extended form by the United Nations in 1959.

Historical Context for November 20, 1959

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