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December 23, 1959

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Headlines from December 23, 1959

PRICE INDEX RISES TO ANOTHER HIGH; 0.1% Increase Recorded in November -- Food Is Only Item to Show Decline PRICE INDEX RISES TO ANOTHER HIGH

By Joseph A. Loftusspecial To the New York Times

BLS Consumer Price Index up 0.1% to 125.6, Nov, 5th high in 7 mos; graph, tabulation; Comr Clague denies this is 'creeping' inflation

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7-INCH SNOWFALL DISRUPTS TRAVEL; 12 COLD HITS CITY; A 16-Hour Storm Heralds Arrival of Winter -- 7,500 Work to Clear Streets 19 DEAD IN NORTHEAST Slippery Roads Hazardous -- 500 Schools in Suburbs Are Closed for Day 7-Inch Snowfall Disrupts Holiday Travel in Wide Area to Herald Winter's Arrival 19 DEAD IN STORM IN THE NORTHEAST Thousands Are Late as Traffic Is Snarled -500 Schools Closed

By Seymour Topping

7-inch fall, NYC Met Area; temp drops to 12 degrees; transit disrupted; many schools closed; 7,500 Sanitation Dept workers summoned to clear sts; other conditions

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Reporter Convicted And Ousted by Cuba; CUBANS CONVICT, OUST U. S. WRITER

By R. Hart Phillipsspecial To the New York Times

Cabinet consol pension funds into soc security system; sets minimum monthly benefit at $40

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MORSE TO ENTER PRESIDENCY TEST; Will Be in Oregon Primary -- Studies Bid in Capital Morse to Enter Oregon Primary As Candidate for the Presidency

By the Associated Press

Sen Morse to enter Oregon primary; is 1st candidate to declare; move could hurt Kennedy and Humphrey; Morse comments

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GRAND JURY ASKS JACK FOR RECORDS; Requests His Return With Data Today Following 2d Two-Hour Hearing Grand Jury Asks Jack to Return With Records After 2d Hearing

By Clayton Knowles

Jack testifies; asked to return with certain records; illus; J L Hicks says name was used in statement without authorization

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Historical Context for December 23, 1959

In 1959, the world population was approximately 2,965,950,351 people^[†]