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WASHINGTON, May 1 -- The Marines went to the Capitol today and opened the first military beachhead against President Eisenhower's program to reorganize the Pentagon. Gen. Randolph McC. Pate, the corps commandant, conducted the assault.
$2,452,000,000 refunded since Jan 1; Natl Grange, AFL-CIO, ADA, Farmers Union urge cut, Cong Econ Com
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Atty Gen Rogers and J L O'Brian on need for pub to support cts, ss, Washington, DC, on Law Day
Sec Dulles says US might cut Arctic flights if internatl inspection showed no USSR bases in area, news conf
1958Yasushi Akimoto, Japanese songwriter and producer[†]
Yasushi Akimoto is a Japanese record producer, lyricist, and television writer, best known for creating and producing some of Japan's top idol groups, Onyanko Club and the AKB48 franchise. Total sales of the singles he has written exceed 100 million copies, making him the best-selling lyricist in Japan.
1958David O'Leary, English-Irish footballer and manager[†]
David Anthony O'Leary is a football manager and former player. The majority of his 20-year playing career was spent as a central defender at Arsenal, where his tally of 722 appearances stands as a club record. He played 68 times for the Republic of Ireland from 1976 to 1993, and was part of the squad that reached the quarter-finals of the 1990 FIFA World Cup.
In 1958, the world population was approximately 2,911,249,671 people[†]