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pledges US aid for Baghdad Pact states if attacked by a Communist state, s, Pact Council; cites Cong Resolution on Mideast (Eisenhower Doctrine)
Resigns as Premier but will remain Communist party 1st Sec and in Cabinet as Min Without Portfolio; por
ALBANY, Jan. 27 -- Governor Harriman today submitted a record state budget of $1,800,800,000 to the Legislature.
Larrazabal says Constituent Assembly elections will be held in '58 to revise '53 Const; sets Pres election in '59; stresses mil forces aim to safeguard Const; denies bitterness against US; Junta dismisses Caracas police, blamed for killing 250 civilians, wounding 1,000; scattered terrorism reptd; guards increased at all embassies; US recognition expected
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1958The Lego company patents the design of its Lego bricks, still compatible with bricks produced today.[†]
Lego is a line of plastic construction toys manufactured by the Lego Group, a privately held company based in Billund, Denmark. Lego consists of variously coloured interlocking plastic bricks made of acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) that accompany an array of gears, figurines called minifigures, and various other parts. Its pieces can be assembled and connected in many ways to construct objects, including vehicles, buildings, and working robots. Assembled Lego models can be taken apart, and their pieces can be reused to create new constructions.
In 1958, the world population was approximately 2,911,249,671 people[†]