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NYC indus flourishes despite season problems; Assoc Fur Mfrs repr on orgn's work and indus history since 1900; worker illus
Fordham's basketball team snapped a four-game losing streak last night by walloping Columbia, 90 to 68, on the Ram court in the Bronx.
Police Dept Tactical Patrol Force assigned to Lower East Side after plea from Lower East Side Neighborhoods Assn and Rev C K Myers; holiday rumble feared
USSR discloses that Oct 15 Khrushchev lr to Adenauer was bid for joint action to ease world tension; says Adenauer has not replied
Coffee prices have held relatively steady the last six months despite large harvests in the 1958-59 crop year and prospects of even greater production during the present season.
1959George Coupland, Scottish scientist[†]
George Michael Coupland FRS is a Scottish plant scientist, and Research Scientist and Director of the Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research.
1959Hildegard Körner, German runner[†]
Hildegard Körner is a retired East German middle distance runner who specialized in the 800 metres.
1959Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz, Polish physicist and politician, 12th Prime Minister of Poland[†]
Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz is a Polish conservative politician who served as Prime Minister of Poland from 31 October 2005 to 14 July 2006. He was a member of the Law and Justice party.
1959Juhan Simm, Estonian composer and conductor (born 1885)[†]
Juhan Simm was an Estonian composer, conductor, and choir director.
In 1959, the world population was approximately 2,965,950,351 people[†]