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March 2, 1958

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The Recession

By Unknown Author

The question of the economy held the national attention last week as one of the foremost problems confronting the U. S. It was coloring national attitudes on a wide range of issues of national and international importance -- on Government spending, on taxation, on foreign aid and foreign trade. On the economy itself the most immediate questions were these:

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PRESIDENT FOUND FULLY RECOVERED FROM HIS STROKE; Speech Disturbance Gone, Neurologists Assert After One-Hour Check-Up

By Richard E. Mooney

neurologists rept Pres has recovered completely from Nov mild stroke; Pres says he feels 'fine'; drs rept no damage to central nervous system; rept recovery from minor speech disturbance; Drs Forster Merritt and Lt Col Clausen made exam; conf with Snyder, Heaton, Brig Gen Mattingly; stroke still officially described as 'occulsion'; Shira repts recovery from tooth extraction normal; drs rept frees Pres from any curbs on activity as result of stroke; Hagerty says diet continues; Pres illus

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Notable Births

Kevin Curren

1958Kevin Curren, South African-American tennis player[โ€ ]

Kevin Melvyn Curren is a South African former professional tennis player. He played in two Grand Slam singles finals and won four Grand Slam doubles titles, reaching a career-high singles ranking of world No. 5 in July 1985. During his career he won 5 singles and 16 doubles titles.

Ian Woosnam

1958Ian Woosnam, English-Welsh golfer[โ€ ]

Ian Harold Woosnam is a Welsh professional golfer. Nicknamed "Woosie", Woosnam was one of the "Big Five" generation of European golfers, all born within 12 months of one another, all of whom have won majors, and made Europe competitive in the Ryder Cup. His peers in this group were Seve Ballesteros, Nick Faldo, Bernhard Langer, and Sandy Lyle. Woosnam's major championship win was at the 1991 Masters Tournament. He was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2017.

Notable Deaths

Fred Merkle

1958Fred Merkle, American baseball player and manager (born 1888)[โ€ ]

Carl Frederick Rudolf Merkle, nicknamed "Bonehead", was an American first baseman in Major League Baseball from 1907 to 1926. Although he had a lengthy career, he is best remembered for a controversial base-running mistake he made as a rookie while still a teenager.

Historical Context for March 2, 1958

In 1958, the world population was approximately 2,911,249,671 people[โ€ ]