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UN Statistical Yearbook repts Western govts and internatl agencies distributed $5,510,000,000 in econ aid to underdeveloped nations, '54-56; data on individual donors and recipients; aid by private insts not included
craft with 58 aboard narrowly averts mid-air collision, NYC
Marquis pinks Lifar, declared winner; illus
Israelis and Syrians battle 2 hrs with tanks and mortars, Lake Hula; UN negotiates cease-fire; 2 Syrians dead, 2 hurt; map
Sen Kefauver urges early action on $2 billion Fed fund bill to help communities, radio s
1958Andrea Kuntzl, Austrian politician[†]
Andrea Kuntzl is an Austrian politician and member of the National Council. A member of the Social Democratic Party, she has represented Vienna since December 2002. She was a Federal List member of the National Council from October 1999 to December 2002.
1958In the Canadian federal election, the Progressive Conservatives, led by John Diefenbaker, win the largest percentage of seats in Canadian history, with 208 seats of 265.[†]
The 1958 Canadian federal election was held to elect members of the House of Commons of Canada of the 24th Parliament of Canada on March 31, 1958, just nine months after the 23rd election. It transformed Prime Minister John Diefenbaker's minority into the largest majority government in Canadian history and the second-largest percentage of the popular vote; only Unionist Prime Minister Robert Borden’s triumph in the 1917 federal election, at 56.93 percent, was higher. Although the Tories would surpass their 1958-seat total in the 1984 election, the 1958 result remains unmatched both in terms of percentage of seats (78.5%) and the size of the government majority over all opposition parties. Voter turnout was 79.4%, the highest percentage of eligible electors to cast a ballot in Canadian federal election history.
In 1958, the world population was approximately 2,911,249,671 people[†]