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Reprimanded by NYS judicial Conf for violating judicial ethics by making pub statements on Judge Leibowitz handling of murder trial, 1st such reprimand by Conf
C G DeSapio, Repr Powell and Negro Dem pol leaders Assemblyman Dickens, J R Jones and M T Southall, pol foes of Jack, express confidence in Jack's integrity; Jones, Dickens, Southall illus; DeSapio says he has no opinion on loan issue pending outcome of probe
FCC hearing; TV Code Rev Bd chmn McGannon and Sigma Delta Chi repr E W Scripps 2d say indus is best equipped to make reforms, not Cong; Chmn Doerfer says Atty Gen Roqers has assured indus that its units could collaborate to end abuses without fear of prosecution under antitrust laws; hearings recessed to Jan
Chou En-lai proposes he and Nehru meet Dec 26 in China or Rangoon to discuss border situation, lr; agrees to withdraw troops from Longju if Indian troops withdraw from 'disputed places'; accepts proposal that both sides stop sending out patrols; stands firm on China's claim to part of Ladakh; map
in Miami; arrives, NYC
1959Iván Vallejo, Ecuadorian mountaineer[†]
Iván Vallejo is a high-altitude mountaineer from Ecuador. On 1 May 2008, he became the 14th person to reach the summit of all 14 mountains above 8,000 meters, and the 7th without use of supplemental oxygen. He is the first, and still the only, Southern Hemisphere climber to complete all 14 eight-thousanders, without supplemental oxygen.
1959Lisa Wilkinson, Australian television host and journalist[†]
Lisa Clare Wilkinson is an Australian television presenter, journalist, and magazine editor.
In 1959, the world population was approximately 2,965,950,351 people[†]