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February 16, 1958

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THE TELLING OF A NATION'S STORY; Because the Historian Clarifies the Present By Tracing the Past, His Business Is Booming The Telling of a Nation's Story Story

By Allan Nevins

THE business of the historian is booming. Demand is high and almost outruns the abundant supply. Why? In the large view, this is so, no doubt, mainly because the unprecedented events in the last generation have stimulated an appetite for parallels, contrasts and interpretations. People who watched Franklin Roosevelt and Churchill wish to know more about Washington and Pitt.

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FINANCIAL CLOUD DARKENS JET AGE; Cost Squeeze Raises Doubts About the Airlines' Ability to Foot the Huge Bill EARNINGS OFF SHARPLY Temporary Rise of 6.6% in Fares Held Inadequate to Attract Capital FINANCIAL CLOUD DARKENS JET AGE

By Richard Rutter

Rises in air, bus, ry fares since '38 compared; chart

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Money as Magnet Draws Egypt And Suez Company to the Table; SUEZ DISCUSSIONS BEGIN NEXT WEEK

By Paul Heffernan

The chief parties to the dispute over the seizure of the Suez Canal Company, the Egyptian Government and shareholders of the canal enterprise, are to argue the issue face to face this week for the first time since Egypt nationalized the company in July, 1956.

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Late Niagara Spurt Beats Rams, 88-81; FORDHAM TOPPLED BY NIAGARA, 88-81

By Unknown Author

The Niagara University basketball team staged a late rally to beat Fordham at the Rams' gym last night, 88 to 81. The issue was decided in overtime, the teams being tied at 80-all at the end of the regulation time.

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PARIS RECEPTIVE TO GOOD OFFICES OF U. S. ON TUNISIA; Hope for Averting U.N. Clash on Bombing Voiced as Both Sides Make Gestures PARIS RECEPTIVE TO MOVE BY U. S.

By Robert C. Dotyspecial To the New York Times

France will accept US offer of 'good offices' but not 'arbitration' in dispute over attack on Tunisian village; to indemnify civilian victims; Tunisia allows French garrisons to be resupplied; does not object to 'regrouping' of French troops; US and other Western diplomats continue efforts to settle dispute informally; Amb Houghton confs with Gaillard and Pineau

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Notable Births

1958Natalie Angier, American author^[†]

Natalie Angier /ænˈdʒɪər/ is an American nonfiction writer and a science journalist for The New York Times. Her awards include the Pulitzer Prize for Beat Reporting in 1991 and the AAAS Westinghouse Science Journalism Award in 1992. She is also noted for her public identification as an atheist and received the Freedom from Religion Foundation's Emperor Has No Clothes Award in 2003.

1958Ice-T, American rapper and actor^[†]

Tracy Lauren Marrow, known professionally as Ice-T, is an American rapper and actor. He is active in both hip hop and heavy metal. Ice-T began his career as an underground rapper in the 1980s and was signed to Sire Records in 1987, when he released his debut album Rhyme Pays. The following year, he founded the record label Rhyme $yndicate Records and released another album, Power (1988), which is Ice-T's only album to be certified platinum by the RIAA. His next three albums, The Iceberg/Freedom of Speech... Just Watch What You Say! (1989), O.G. Original Gangster (1991) and Home Invasion (1993), were also critically acclaimed and commercially successful, and were all certified gold in the US.

1958Oscar Schmidt, Brazilian basketball player^[†]

Oscar Daniel Bezerra Schmidt, nicknamed Mão Santa, is a Brazilian retired professional basketball player. Schmidt primarily played the power forward and small forward position, was 2.06 m tall and weighed 109 kg (240 lbs). Along with his home country, Schmidt also played in Italy for JuveCaserta and Pavia, and Spain for Fórum Valladolid. He was born in Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil.

1958Herb Williams, American basketball player and coach^[†]

Herbert L. Williams is an American former professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for eighteen seasons from 1981 to 1999. Williams served as the interim head coach and the assistant coach of the NBA's New York Knicks. He was last an assistant coach for the New York Liberty of the WNBA.

Historical Context for February 16, 1958

In 1958, the world population was approximately 2,911,249,671 people^[†]