Nasser assails Iraq and Jordan, s, Damascus; says Arab Fed is aimed against United Arab Repub; calls Mins el Rifai and Bashayan and Dr al Jamali 'imperialist agents,'

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FOUR U.S. LEADERS TO ASSIST DULLES ON DISARMAMENT; Gruenther, McCloy, Lovett and Smith Agree to Act in Advisory Capacity WADSWORTH GETS POST Named to Succeed Stassen as Negotiator but Will Report to Secretary FOUR U. S. LEADERS TO ASSIST DULLES

By Special to The New York Times

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 -- Secretary of State Dulles has asked four private citizens to advise him on disarmament policy.

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Notable Births

1958Manuel Torres Félix, Mexican criminal and narcotics trafficker (died 2012)^[†]

Manuel Fidel Torres Félix, also known as El M1, EL 14, and/or El Ondeado, was a Mexican drug lord and high-ranking leader of the Sinaloa Cartel.

1958Mark Pavelich, American ice hockey player (died 2021)^[†]

Mark Thomas Pavelich was an American professional ice hockey forward who played 355 regular season games in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the New York Rangers, Minnesota North Stars, and San Jose Sharks between 1981 and 1991. Pavelich was a member of the "Miracle on Ice" 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team that won the gold medal.

1958David R. Ross, Scottish historian and author (died 2010)^[†]

David Robertson Ross was a Scottish author and historian. He published eight books, most of them mixing elements of Scottish history and travel literature.

Historical Events

1958A school bus in Floyd County, Kentucky hits a wrecker truck and plunges down an embankment into the rain-swollen Levisa Fork river. The driver and 26 children die in one of the worst school bus accidents in U.S. history.^[†]

Floyd County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of the 2020 census, the population was 35,942. Its county seat is Prestonsburg. The county, founded in 1800, is named for Colonel John Floyd (1750–1783).

Historical Context for February 28, 1958

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