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March 11, 1958

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Headlines from March 11, 1958

Batista Pledges Fair Election; Sabotage Is Continuing in Cuba; Strike Fails to Materialize on 6th Anniversary of Coup -- Many Youths Arrested BATISTA PLEDGES FAIR POLL JUNE 1

By R. Hart Phillipsspecial To the New York Times

Batista pledges fair election, radio s marking anniv; gen strike fails to materialize; sabotage continues; most schools closed in strike; hundreds of youths held by Govt; Batista calls Castro Communist; urged to resign by ex-Vice Pres Alonso Pujol

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Dulles Warns Asia Parley Reds May Plot Aggression; DULLES SAYS REDS MAY PLAN ATTACK

By Tillman Durdinspecial To the New York Times

Dulles holds aid aimed at pol subversion, s, SEATO Council

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Surgeon Denounces Tactics of Lawyers; SURGEON SCORES LAWYERS' TACTICS

By Gladwin Hellspecial To the New York Times

Dr E Seletz denounces tactics of lawyers with drs giving med testimony in trials, s, Internatl Surgeons Coll

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JAKARTA FORCES CAPTURE 3 TOWNS IN SUMATRA DRIVE; Troop Landing on East Coast Followed by Air and Sea Attacks on Rebel City U. S. OIL WORK IS HALTED Caltex Company Evacuates Some Families -- Dutch Get Report of Big Offensive

By the United Press

JAKARTA, Indonesia, Tuesday, March 11 -- The Government announced today the capture of three rebel-held towns in its drive against the revolutionaries in Central Sumatra.

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BRUSSELS FAIR AID RAISED BY SENATE; Tentative Approval Is Given Total of 14.3 Million BRUSSELS FAIR AID RAISED BY SENATE

By C. P. Trussellspecial To the New York Times

Sen tentatively approves $14.3 million for US outlay, to match USSR

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1958Anissa Jones, American child actress (died 1976)^[†]

Mary Anissa Jones was an American child actress known for her role as Buffy Davis on the CBS sitcom Family Affair, which ran from 1966 to 1971. She died from a drug overdose five years after the show ended when she was 18.

Historical Context for March 11, 1958

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

Headlines from March 11, 1958

Batista Pledges Fair Election; Sabotage Is Continuing in Cuba; Strike Fails to Materialize on 6th Anniversary of Coup -- Many Youths Arrested BATISTA PLEDGES FAIR POLL JUNE 1

Dulles Warns Asia Parley Reds May Plot Aggression; DULLES SAYS REDS MAY PLAN ATTACK

Surgeon Denounces Tactics of Lawyers; SURGEON SCORES LAWYERS' TACTICS

JAKARTA FORCES CAPTURE 3 TOWNS IN SUMATRA DRIVE; Troop Landing on East Coast Followed by Air and Sea Attacks on Rebel City U. S. OIL WORK IS HALTED Caltex Company Evacuates Some Families -- Dutch Get Report of Big Offensive

BRUSSELS FAIR AID RAISED BY SENATE; Tentative Approval Is Given Total of 14.3 Million BRUSSELS FAIR AID RAISED BY SENATE

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