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November 24, 1959

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Headlines from November 24, 1959

Off-Track Betting Would Aid Bookies, Two Say in Dissent; MINORITY REPORTS ON OFF-TRACK BETS

By Peter Kihss

Dowling says secret ballot of nation's police chiefs backed off-track betting

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2 MOVING PARTS RUN NEW ENGINE; Company Says Rotor Unit Blends Piston-Jet Gains 2 MOVING PARTS RUN NEW ENGINE

By Jacques Nevard

Curtiss-Wright repts developing with NSU Werke of W Ger a light, cheap and efficient internal combustion engine with only 2 moving parts; says 100-700 hp models will be produced, '60, for cars, boats, planes or indus uses

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RISES IMPOSSIBLE, TRANSIT MEN TOLD; Authority Says '60 Budget Won't Permit Increases -- Quill Warns of Strike RISES IMPOSSIBLE, TRANSIT MEN TOLD

By Ralph Katz

NYCTA opens contract talks with TWU; says '60 budget bars 15% pay rise; proposes raising money by program to cut waste, increase operating efficiency; Quill scores plan; warns of strike

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U.S. SUIT CHARGES PLOT TO RESTRAIN STEEL-BAR TRADE; Antitrust Action Accuses 18 Producers and Fabricators and an Industry Group COVERS WESTERN AREA Court Is Asked to Dissolve Association and to Require Direct Sales to Builders U. S. SUIT CHARGES A STEEL-BAR PLOT

By Anthony Lewisspecial To the New York Times

group of fabricators and producers charged with restraint of steel bar trade in 7 Western states; ct asked to dissolve trade assn, bar 'collusive activities,' bid producers to sell bars directly to contractors

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HUNGARIAN REDS FIGHT DEVIATION; 11 Expelled for Revisionism Linked to 1956 Revolt HUNGARIAN REDS FIGHT DEVIATION

By M. S. Handlerspecial To the New York Times

Aid to be recd by Hungary under new 5-Yr Plan in coordination with over-all plans of USSR bloc Mutual Econ Assistance Council noted

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1959Todd Brooker, Canadian skier and sportscaster^[†]

Todd Brooker is a former alpine ski racer member Crazy Canucks and a ski commentator on television.

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1959Dally Messenger, Australian rugby player, cricketer, and sailor (born 1883)^[†]

Herbert Henry "Dally" Messenger, was an Australian rugby league and rugby union player. One of Australasia's first professional rugby footballers, he is recognised as one of the greatest-ever players in either code. He played for New South Wales in the first match run by the newly-created New South Wales Rugby Football League, which had just split away from the established New South Wales Rugby Football Union.

Historical Context for November 24, 1959

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

Headlines from November 24, 1959

Off-Track Betting Would Aid Bookies, Two Say in Dissent; MINORITY REPORTS ON OFF-TRACK BETS

2 MOVING PARTS RUN NEW ENGINE; Company Says Rotor Unit Blends Piston-Jet Gains 2 MOVING PARTS RUN NEW ENGINE

RISES IMPOSSIBLE, TRANSIT MEN TOLD; Authority Says '60 Budget Won't Permit Increases -- Quill Warns of Strike RISES IMPOSSIBLE, TRANSIT MEN TOLD

U.S. SUIT CHARGES PLOT TO RESTRAIN STEEL-BAR TRADE; Antitrust Action Accuses 18 Producers and Fabricators and an Industry Group COVERS WESTERN AREA Court Is Asked to Dissolve Association and to Require Direct Sales to Builders U. S. SUIT CHARGES A STEEL-BAR PLOT

HUNGARIAN REDS FIGHT DEVIATION; 11 Expelled for Revisionism Linked to 1956 Revolt HUNGARIAN REDS FIGHT DEVIATION

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