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Eisenhower favors repeal of non-Communist oath required for student loans, news conf; finds standard oath adequate; deplores withdrawals from program
Storm-weakened Malpasset Dam on Riviera, Var Dept, breaks; 6-mi-wide area devastated; map; 60 bodies recovered; lower Frejus inundated; special 'pub calamity' plan ordered into operation; troops rushed to area
Hoffa says Teamsters will observe picket lines in primary strikes only; would demand ins against financial loss from unions in other cases
Series on Poland
Pres Eisenhower bars use of Govt aid funds to promote birth control, news conf; says issue is religious, not pol; says nations seeking advice would go to private agencies
1959Eamonn Holmes, Irish journalist and game show host[†]
Eamonn Holmes is a Northern Irish broadcaster and journalist. He co-presented the breakfast television show GMTV (1993–2005) for ITV, before presenting Sunrise (2005–2016) for Sky News. Holmes co-presented ITV's This Morning (2006–2021) with his then-wife Ruth Langsford on Fridays and during the school holidays. In January 2022, he joined GB News to present its breakfast programme alongside Isabel Webster. He has also presented How the Other Half Lives (2015–2019) and It's Not Me, It's You (2016) for Channel 5.
1959The current flag of Singapore is adopted, six months after Singapore became self-governing within the British Empire.[†]
The flag of Singapore was adopted in 1959, the year Singapore became self-governing within the British Empire. It remained the national flag upon the country's independence from Malaysia on 9 August 1965. The design is a horizontal bicolour of red above white, overlaid in the canton by a white crescent moon facing a pentagon of five small white five-pointed stars. The elements of the flag denote a young nation on the ascendant, universal brotherhood and equality, and national ideals.
In 1959, the world population was approximately 2,965,950,351 people[†]