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Sen approves $5-billion rise till June '59 over Byrd objections; defeats Sen Cotton motion to shelve bill and Sen Lausche amendment to hold rise to $3 billion
DAMASCUS, Syria, Feb. 24 -- President Gamal Abdel Nasser of the United Arab Republic arrived today in a surprise visit to Syria, a new province of his state. Egypt is the other province of the Republic. The popular welcome here was so enthusiastic that it took the President an hour and a half to travel less than a quarter of a mile at one point.
Whiteside testifies he and Mack shared interest in Stompler-Shelden Ins Agency that insured channel 10; says he offered Mack without cost 1/6 interest in co; '53, and since then Mack has recd $10,000 in co earnings; says he 'declared' interest for Mack with understanding Mack would be active co member; says he lent Mack $2,650, that Mack is 'friend from boyhood'; calls-Schwartz 'liar'; denies reputation as 'fixer'; says he has been lending money to Mack since '38; that of $7,830 lent since '50, all save $250 has been repaid; says he gave subcom staff 7 promissory notes covering the $2,650 lent since Mack became FCC member; Harris says notes are not in subcom files; Whiteside, in many visits and phone calls, urged Mack to give Natl Airlines 'every consideration' but denies he sought or got pledge; admits getting over 30 Washington-to-Miami phone calls, '55-57, from Mack but cannot recall details; testifies on his bank accts; says he interceded before Mack for Miami channel 7 and for Charlotte, NC, station
McElroy expects to submit recommendations to Eisenhower by Apr; sees little likelihood of creating single C/S; group returns from PR
Ex-Councilman Schupler indicted for grand larceny; charged with accepting $6,500, while Councilman in '56, to get student into SUNY med school
1958Kurt Rambis, Greek-American basketball player, coach, and executive[†]
Darrell Kurt Rambis is a Greek-American former professional basketball player and coach who is a senior basketball adviser for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). As a player, he won four NBA championships while playing power forward for the Lakers. Rambis was a key member of the Showtime era Lakers and was extremely popular for his hard-nosed blue collar play. With his trademark black horn-rimmed glasses, Rambis complemented the flashy Hollywood style of the Showtime era Lakers.
In 1958, the world population was approximately 2,911,249,671 people[†]