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April 11, 1958

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M'ELROY ADVISES MILITARY TO BACK REVISIONS OR QUIT; In Major Speech in Capital, He Also Acts to Soften Opposition in Congress

By John W. Finney

McElroy advises mil officers to resign if they are unalterably opposed to plan, s, Natl Press Club; discusses their freedom before Cong coms; denies plans to make Defense Sec czar, to set up Prussian-type gen staff or to abolish services; holds reorgn less sweeping than envisaged by Cong; sees direct appropriations unifying Pentagon psychologically; says money will be earmarked for each service as in past; says funds transfers would be less than 10% of total defense budget

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Notable Births

Stuart Adamson

1958Stuart Adamson, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2001)[†]

William Stuart Adamson was a Scottish rock guitarist and singer. Adamson began his career in the late 1970s as a founding member and performer with the punk rock band Skids. After leaving Skids in 1981, he formed Big Country and was the band's lead singer and guitarist. The group's commercial heyday was in the 1980s. In the 1990s, he was a member of the alternative country band the Raphaels. In the late 1970s the British music journalist John Peel referred to his musical virtuosity as a guitarist as "a new Jimi Hendrix".

1958Lyudmila Kondratyeva, Russian sprinter[†]

Lyudmila Andreyevna Kondratyeva is a Russian former track and field athlete, who competed for the Soviet Union and is the 1980 Olympic 100 m champion.

1958Wayne Wigham, Australian rugby league player[†]

Wayne Wigham is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1970s and 1980s. He played most of his career at the Balmain Tigers, but he also played for the North Sydney Bears and Western Suburbs Magpies. He mostly played as a centre, but also played the occasional game on the wing.

Notable Deaths

Konstantin Yuon

1958Konstantin Yuon, Russian painter and educator (born 1875)[†]

Konstantin Fyodorovich Yuon or Juon was a noted Russian painter and theatre designer associated with the Mir Iskusstva. Later, he co-founded the Union of Russian Artists and the Association of Artists of Revolutionary Russia.

Historical Context for April 11, 1958

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