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In 1958, the world population was approximately 2,911,249,671 people[†]
1958Sandy Lyle, Scottish golfer[†]
Alexander Walter Barr "Sandy" Lyle is a Scottish professional golfer. He has won two major championships during his career. Along with Nick Faldo and Ian Woosnam, he became one of Britain's top golfers during the 1980s. He spent 167 weeks in the top-10 of the Official World Golf Ranking from its introduction, in 1986, until 1989.
1958Chris Nilan, American ice hockey player, coach, and radio host[†]
Christopher John Nilan is an American former professional ice hockey player and former radio host. Nilan played 688 National Hockey League (NHL) regular season games as a right-wing for the Montreal Canadiens, New York Rangers, and Boston Bruins between 1980 and 1992. He won the Stanley Cup in 1986 with Montreal.
The union of Egypt and Syria generally is considered a step aimed at consolidating the Arab world in a single political unit, which would control the vast oil resources stretching from the Persian Gulf through North Africa to the Atlantic.
Don't look now, but that old bogey -- inflation -- is lurking around the corner.
Iron Liege, McLennan Hdcp
Biog by A Maurois revd
GE engineers Dr Abetti and G F Lincks rept on Lincks '57 visit to training insts and mfg plants notes absence of secrecy, high level of tech and educ; sees USSR ready to pass Sweden in extra-high voltage fields with transmissions ranging up to 800 kvs; cites USSR stress on engineers following new developments in other foreign countries; other conclusions
Wheeler wins women's giant slalom; F Daenzer (Switzerland), women's Alpine combined
Seals of approval, the agencies that grant them and the concerns that print them are multiplying as self-service retailing expands.
article on popularity rise of knock-down, assemble-at-home mdse kits, US; illus
Millrose AA Games: Delany wins mi
Comr McMurray repts top rentals in state-aided pub housing will be raised to $18 a room
Yemen reptd pressing for Egyptian mil aid in dispute with GB during talks for fed with United Arab Repub (Egypt and Syria)