Brian Leonard Paddick, Baron Paddick, is a British life peer and retired police officer. He was the Liberal Democrat candidate for the London mayoral elections of 2008 and of 2012, and until his retirement in May 2007 was a deputy assistant commissioner in the Metropolitan Police Service.

Historical Context for April 24, 1958

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

Headlines from April 24, 1958

EISENHOWER CALLS RECESSION MINOR AND URGES CALM; Asks Public Not to Forget 'Grave' World Emergency in Worry Over Incomes ASSAILS JOB AID BILL President Says House Plan Offers 'Dole' and Destroys Federal-State Relation EISENHOWER CALLS RECESSION 'MINOR'

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JUVENILE ARRESTS RISE 9.8% IN NATION; Youths Charged With Nearly Half Major Crimes in '57, the F. B. I. Reports

Strauss Asks Tests For Atomic Defense; STRAUSS DEFENDS NUCLEAR TESTING

Commons Hails Churchill on His Return After Illness; CHURCHILL BACK; COMMONS CHEERS

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Historical Context for April 24, 1958