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In 1958, the world population was approximately 2,911,249,671 people[†]
1958Michel Marc Bouchard, Canadian playwright[†]
Michel Marc Bouchard, is a Canadian playwright. He has received the Prix Journal de Montreal, Prix du Cercle des critiques de l'Outaouais, the Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding New Play, the Floyd S. Chalmers Canadian Play Award, and nine Jessie Richardson Theatre Awards for the Vancouver productions of Lilies and The Orphan Muses.
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H W Baldwin compares US and USSR strength; says US leads in long-range bombers; notes USSR has bomber comparable to B-58; says USSR leads in number of fighters and fighter-bombers
Dartmouth carnival
US Army asks Defense Dept permit to build rocket engine with 1-million-lb thrust
An attack on the coffee consumer's pocketbook is being prepared, but it will not be the type of raid many of the coffee-producing countries favor. The International Coffee Organization formed last week in Rio de Janeiro has been turned into a promotional and research group.
meets, Washington; adopts statement issued by com headed by D G Acheson, America's Present Danger and What We Should Do About It; members present include A E Stevenson, Govs Harriman and Williams, Sens Humphrey and Kefauver and H H Lehman, Chmn Butler
LOS ANGELES -- On the last day of 1957 Disneyland tallied its 10,000,000th visitor. The total represents an average of some 10,000 visitors a day, 365 days a year, since the suburban amusement park's opening on July 18, 1955. The patronage betokens an impressive array of records in the field of entertainment and recreation.
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S Joyce book, My Brother's Keeper: James Joyce's Early Years, revd
HANOVER, N. H., Feb. 1 -- League-leading Dartmouth, undefeated in five Ivy League basketball games, came from behind tonight to beat Brown, 169 -- 64.
tourist, 1st-class and 1st-class deluxe services compared with new austerity tourist service to be added Apr 1