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Maj Gen Bragdon, Eisenhower aide for pub works planning, repts many projects 'stock-piled' can be put in motion quickly to halt recession
4 degrees, NYC, season's low; city gets state permit to use Natl Guard trucks for snow removal; Health Dept gets 2,316 no-heat complaints; other conditions, effects; PRR, NY Central, LIRR services delayed
The Pennsylvania Railroad and the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad yesterday announced sharply curtailed service because of operating difficulties as other railroads serving New York struggled through a wave of delays and breakdowns.
comment on rise in flow of rebel arms from Tunisia; French barriers stop barely 20%; map
State Dept to accept USSR stand on easing curbs, offer to negotiate on area-by-area basis
1958Leslie David Baker, American actor[†]
Leslie David Baker is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Stanley Hudson on the NBC sitcom The Office (2005–2013), which earned him two Screen Actors Guild Awards.
1958Helen Fielding, English author and screenwriter[†]
Helen Fielding is a British journalist, novelist and screenwriter, best known as the creator of the fictional character Bridget Jones. Fielding’s first novel was set in a refugee camp in East Africa and she started writing Bridget Jones in an anonymous column in London’s Independent newspaper. This turned into an unexpected hit, leading to four Bridget Jones novels and four movies.
1958Steve Nieve, English keyboard player and composer[†]
Steve Nieve is an English musician and composer. In a career spanning more than 40 years, Nieve has been a member of Elvis Costello's backing bands the Attractions and the Imposters, as well as Madness. He has also experienced success as a prolific session musician, featured on a wide array of other artists' recordings.
In 1958, the world population was approximately 2,911,249,671 people[†]