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ARPA Dir Johnson says pub interest prompted announcement of US plans for 'lunar probes' though Defense Dept would prefer to await certainty of success
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USCG boards arms-laden trawler off Brownsville, Tex, seizes 35 Spanish-speaking New Yorkers led by A G Barron bound for Cuba to aid Castro; police hold A de Conde as supplier of arms; group illus
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exec order lowers ceiling on crude imports, sets up procedures to discourage violators under voluntary program; invokes Buy Amer Act ordering all Govt agencies to buy foreign oil products only if they comply with import curbs, unless product is not available domestically or available at 'unreasonable cost'; latter action is move to satisfy domestic producers complaints against Defense Dept purchases of jet plane fuel in foreign mkts; domestic indus repr calls action helpful
1958Edesio Alejandro, Cuban composer (died 2025)[â ]
Edesio Alejandro RodrĂguez SalvĂĄ was a Cuban and Spanish guitarist, singer and composer of electronic music. He wrote incidental music, music for television and more than 50 film scores such as Clandestinos and Hello Hemingway, as well as concert pieces. His works were often experimental, using synthesizers; they were influenced by rock music and Cuban music fusioned with genres such as rap and hip-hop. Some works combined actors, dancers and musicians in unusual line-ups.
1958Curt Hennig, American wrestler (died 2003)[â ]
Curtis Michael Hennig, better known by the ring name Mr. Perfect, was an American professional wrestler. Considered one of the greatest professional wrestlers of all time by peers, critics, and fans, he performed under his real name for promotions including the American Wrestling Association (AWA), the World Wrestling Federation, World Championship Wrestling (WCW), and NWA Total Nonstop Action. Hennig was the son of wrestler Larry "The Axe" Hennig and the father of wrestler Curtis Axel.
1958W. C. Handy, American trumpet player and composer (born 1873)[â ]
William Christopher Handy was an American composer and musician who referred to himself as the Father of the Blues. He was one of the most influential songwriters in the United States. One of many musicians who played the distinctively American blues music, Handy did not create the blues genre but was one of the first to publish music in the blues form, thereby taking the blues from a regional music style with a limited audience to a new level of popularity.
In 1958, the world population was approximately 2,911,249,671 people[â ]