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Pike elected Calif Diocese Bishop Coadjutor; defers decision on taking post
WASHINGTON, Feb. 4--President Eisenhower has ordered a special study to resolve the growing issue of civilian versus military control of prospective assaults on outer space.
Educ Bd, with Wagner approval, outlines anti-delinquency program, statement; would open 6 more special schools for problem pupils, expand guidance, counseling and other services; Bd calls problem community responsibility; other views
Sumual repts Sukarno was notified in Japan of insurgent plan for Govt reforms; denies ultimatum to dissolve Cabinet and dismiss Communists from Govt; Sumual assoc J M J Pantouw says new free repub will be proclaimed with capital in Bukittinggi, Sumatra, if Sukarno rejects plan
1958Gamal Abdel Nasser is nominated to be the first president of the United Arab Republic.[†]
Gamal Abdel Nasser Hussein was an Egyptian military officer and revolutionary who served as the second president of Egypt from 1954 until his death in 1970. Nasser led the Egyptian revolution of 1952 and introduced far-reaching land reforms the following year. Following a 1954 assassination attempt on his life by a Muslim Brotherhood member, he cracked down on the organization, put President Mohamed Naguib under house arrest and assumed executive office. He was formally elected president in June 1956.
1958A hydrogen bomb known as the Tybee Bomb is lost by the US Air Force off the coast of Savannah, Georgia, never to be recovered.[†]
A thermonuclear weapon, fusion weapon or hydrogen bomb (H-bomb) is a second-generation nuclear weapon design. Its greater sophistication affords it vastly greater destructive power than first-generation nuclear bombs, a more compact size, a lower mass, or a combination of these benefits. Characteristics of nuclear fusion reactions make possible the use of non-fissile depleted uranium as the weapon's main fuel, thus allowing more efficient use of scarce fissile material. Its multi-stage design is distinct from the usage of fusion in simpler boosted fission weapons. The first full-scale thermonuclear test was carried out by the United States in 1952, and the concept has since been employed by at least the five recognized nuclear-weapon states and UNSC permanent members: the United States, Russia, the United Kingdom, China, and France.
In 1958, the world population was approximately 2,911,249,671 people[†]