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December 4, 1959

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Headlines from December 4, 1959

STORE INSPECTOR HELD IN PERJURY IN MEAT SCANDAL; Markets Worker Is Charged With Denying He Talked to Confessed Extorter STORE INSPECTOR HELD IN PERJURY

By Peter Kihss

inspector T J Taylor arrested for perjury in denying to jury that he had talked with Lapidus about retail dealers in '58; suspended by Wagner; Masciarelli urges $5,605 in fines for offenses uncovered in probe; indus reprs blame some short weights on shrinkage; protest other city requirements; Conlon avers innocence

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Historical Context for December 4, 1959

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