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Lr to Speaker Rayburn asking legis authorizing immediate spending of $840 million for non-mil equipment
H E Salisbury series of articles on 'shook-up' youth
Eisenhower invites foreign scientists, including Communists, to watch explosion showing gains in reducing fall-out, news conf; inv extended through UN; US, foreign newsmen to be asked
First Natl City Bank to take over site; will build office bldg, dispense with plaza area
Sup Soviet meets; speculation on changes, especially fate of Bulganin; Deputy Premier Mikoyan tells newsmen to expect no changes
1958Didier de Radiguès, Belgian race car driver and motorcycle racer[†]
Didier de Radiguès is a Belgian former professional motorcycle racer, auto racing driver and current artist. He also serves as a television sports color commentator for Belgium television, a Moto GP riders manager and as the owner of a motorcycle riding school. He competed in the FIM motorcycle Grand Prix world championships from 1980 to 1991.
1958Leon C. Phillips, American lawyer and politician, 11th Governor of Oklahoma (born 1890)[†]
Leon Chase "Red" Phillips was an American attorney, a state legislator and the 11th governor of Oklahoma from 1939 to 1943. As a member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives and as Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives, Phillips made a name for himself as an obstructionist of the proposals of governors William H. Murray and E.W. Marland, including components of the New Deal. As governor, Phillips pushed for deep cuts, but was unable to avoid an unbalanced budget.
1958Nikita Khrushchev becomes Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union.[†]
Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev was the First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1953 to 1964 and the Chairman of the Council of Ministers (premier) from 1958 to 1964. During his tenure, he stunned the communist world with his denunciation of his predecessor Joseph Stalin and embarked on a campaign of de-Stalinization with his key ally Anastas Mikoyan. Khrushchev sponsored the early Soviet space program and presided over various domestic reforms. After some false starts, and a narrowly avoided nuclear war over Cuba, he conducted successful negotiations with the United States to reduce Cold War tensions. In 1964, the Kremlin circle stripped him of power, replacing him with Leonid Brezhnev as the First Secretary and Alexei Kosygin as the Premier.
In 1958, the world population was approximately 2,911,249,671 people[†]