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Assn strengthens TV code to protect pub from deceptive ad
McKneally ousts 40 & 8; rev
US to withdraw naval training mission at Govt request; Dominicans cite expense; recent denials of econ weakness noted; mutual aid pact seen not renewed
Washington, DC, apt of Embassy aide A Czajer broken into and his wife badly beaten by 3 men
7-lb rhesus monkey named Sam survives 55-mi, 13-min rocket trip in mock-up of Mercury capsule; recovered in Atlantic 200 mi from Wallops Is launching site; project's prime aim was to test capsule's escape mechanism but various bioastronautical tests were also carried out; monkey illus in space suit before flight
1959Lee Chapman, English footballer[†]
Lee Roy Chapman is an English former professional footballer who played as a striker from 1978 until 1996, in which he scored over 200 first team goals.
1959Oleksandr Yaroslavsky, Ukrainian businessman[†]
Oleksandr Vladylenovych Yaroslavskyi is a Ukrainian businessman. He was formerly co-owner of UkrSibbank and president of FC Metalist Kharkiv (2005–2012). Yaroslavskyi is the president of DCH and one of the most influential people in Ukraine according to Ukrainian and Eastern European media. In 2016, Forbes ranked him among the top ten richest people in Ukraine. In November 2018, Russia imposed sanctions against 322 citizens of Ukraine, including Yaroslavskyi.
In 1959, the world population was approximately 2,965,950,351 people[†]