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Wagner to ask Councilman Brown to sponsor resolution backing NYS and natl $1.25-an-hr floor as part of drive against 'sweatshop' conditions; Brown pleased
Eisenhower arrives; met by Bourguiba
Nielsen rescinds order; sees misunderstanding; base comdr Col Flanagan denies Lt Col Boyett will be transferred for permitting pub of orders in base newspaper
Panuch proposes central office under Real Estate Dept to coordinate and supervise relocation of families from redevelopment sites, rept to Wagner; move would require state and city legis; rept urges uniform relocation payments, policies to aid displaced small businessmen, citizens relocation bd to act as liaison between affected communities and city; other proposals; Panuch, Wagner conf; Wagner lauds rept; Comr Davies comments
Sen Gore charges abuses of US econ aid program; urges corrective measures be condition for further aid
1959Bob Stinson, American songwriter and guitarist (died 1995)[†]
Robert Neil Stinson was an American musician best known as a founding member and lead guitarist of the rock band the Replacements.
In 1959, the world population was approximately 2,965,950,351 people[†]