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Work on Philharmonic Hall to begin; completion by '61 seen; architect M Abramovitz gives specifications, s, Friends of Philharmonic; sketches
ILA and Shipping Assn agree on 3-yr pact, including 41¢-an-hr pkg increase and settlement of automation issue by employer agreement not to cut size of work gangs; issue of premium pay for handling lift-vans (containers) left to further talks
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 -- The steel industry said today that the contract proposal it made more than two weeks ago to the United Steelworkers of America was its "last offer."
12-nation pact signed making Antarctic a scientific research preserve and barring mil activity; revives principle of unanimity; ineffective unless ratified by all; consultative com created to deal with pact problems; territorial claims frozen for pact duration which is indefinite; no nation can withdraw for at least 34 yrs; modification procedure noted; pact covers all areas S of 60th Parallel except high seas; bars nuclear explosions and dumping of radioactive wastes; provides that any UN member can accede to pact as assoc member but non-UN members may Join only on unanimous inv of consultative com; provision for referral to Internatl Ct noted; pact permits any com member on own volition to name inspectors and send them anywhere to inspect inst allations and equipment; aerial inspection permitted; scientific parties may go anywhere but have no inspection rights; interim com to meet in 2 mos; Eisenhower hails pact
Exch pacts signed by USSR and GB
1959Kelefa Diallo, Guinean general (died 2013)[†]
General Souleymane Kelefa Diallo was chief of staff of the Guinean Army. Born to Elhadj Kelefa Diallo and Fatoumata Diakité. He was a graduate of the University of Conakry and an army school in Thies, Senegal. He and several military officials were killed on February 11, 2013, when their CASA 235 crashed near the town of Charlesville, near Harbel, Liberia, about 8 kilometers away from Roberts International Airport. At his funeral, which took place at the Palais du Peuple he was decorated by the President Alpha Condé. Diallo was one of the leaders who had seized power in Guinea in 2008.
In 1959, the world population was approximately 2,965,950,351 people[†]