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Sen Kennedy says Sen com will rept bill, int; Sec Mitchell, Sen Mundt urge House action on pensions and welfare funds bill
Mrs V B Allen donates $3 million to Performing Arts Center for repertory theatre; J D Rockefeller 3d lauds contribution
conf ends; final rept
Transformation in NYC film showings seen as theatres modernize, alter exhibition procedures and cater to more adult audience; revival of 'road show' 2-a-day policy, wider use of new processes, opening of avg films in neighborhood theatres, adaptation of flavor of legitimate theatre cited; some theatres offer free parking
1958Robert DiPierdomenico, Australian footballer and sportscaster[†]
Berto "Robert" DiPierdomenico is a retired Australian rules footballer who represented Hawthorn in the Australian Football League (AFL) from the 1970s to the 1990s. Popularly known by his nickname "Dipper", DiPierdomenico is one of the most successful Italian Australians to play Australian football, and his contribution to the game was recognised by selection in the VFL/AFL Italian Team of the Century.
In 1958, the world population was approximately 2,911,249,671 people[†]