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US, in insisting Ger reunification is Big-4 task, recalls accord at '55 Geneva heads-of-govt conf linking reunification and Eur security
Brit Labor party and TUC demand ending patrol flights by planes carrying H-bombs, policy declaration
Speaker Rayburn bars inv to Kefauver, Smathers and Holland to testify; would not volunteer were he they; Wolverton holds rules do not bar 'inviting' testimony; probe caused cancellation of Natl Airlines plan to fly FCC members to Fla for wk-end of partying during Channel 10 dedication on Jan 10; Whiteside, Shelden submit records to grand jury; Rogers testifies agencies can sometimes correctly withhold data from Cong, Sen (Hennings) subcom; Hennings queries him on Adams and CAB
Pres Bourguiba says Algerian war spurs unity; warns continued French mil effort makes French-N African cooperation impossible
Lr to Repr Price opposing bldg nuclear-powered aircraft for prestige purposes
1958Rick Bass, American author and environmentalist[†]
Rick Bass is an American writer and an environmental activist. He has a Bachelor of Science in Geology with a focus in Wildlife from Utah State University. Right after he graduated, he interned for one year as a Wildlife Biologist at the Weyerhaeuser Timber Company in Arkansas. He then went onto working as an oil and gas geologist and consultant before becoming a writer and teacher. He has worked across the United States at various universities: University of Texas at Austin, Beloit College, University of Montana, Pacific University, and most recently Iowa State University. He has done many workshops and lectures on writing and wildlife throughout his career. Texas Tech University and University of Texas at Austin have collections of his written work. He also has a son named ricky bass
1958Rik Mayall, English comedian, actor, and screenwriter (died 2014)[†]
Richard Michael Mayall was an English actor, comedian and writer. He formed a close partnership with Adrian Edmondson while they were students at Manchester University, and was a pioneer of alternative comedy in the 1980s.
1958Merv Neagle, Australian footballer and coach (died 2012)[†]
Mervyn Neagle was an Australian rules footballer who represented Essendon and Sydney in the Australian Football League (AFL) during the 1970s and 1980s.
In 1958, the world population was approximately 2,911,249,671 people[†]