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March 22, 1958

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Headlines from March 22, 1958

STORM SUBSIDES; 45 DEAD IN 2 DAYS; POWER STILL CUT; 1,500,000 Factories and Homes Lose Electricity -330,000 Phones Out

By Russell Porter

storm abates; continues in northern New Eng and NE Canada; 45 dead; NJ, Penna, Md rept up to 36 in; 1 1/2 million homes, businesses were without power at various times; 330,000 phones out; 85,000 reptd restored; NYC snow reached 11 in; transport near normal; power restored in most LI and NJ areas; Penna repts storm worst in 40 yrs; NY and Ohio crews help repair Penna utilities; 30,000 homes, businesses in Washington, DC, were without power

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Notable Deaths

Mike Todd

1958Mike Todd, American film producer (born 1909)[†]

Michael Todd was an American theater and film producer, celebrated for his 1956 Around the World in 80 Days, which won an Academy Award for Best Picture. Actress Elizabeth Taylor was his third wife. Todd was the third of Taylor's seven husbands, and the only one Taylor did not divorce. He died in a private plane accident a year after they married. He was the driving force behind the development of the eponymous Todd-AO widescreen film format.

Historical Context for March 22, 1958

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