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Right-wing mob, mostly students and war veterans, demonstrates, Paris; illus
Confirmed as Premier by Natl Assembly
Commerce Dept repts gross natl product, 1st qr, down 4% from '57 peak to $422-billion annual rate; inventories liquidation at $9-billion yrly rate linked; consumer buying down to $281 billion; other data
State Dept takes measures to end individual contacts between intelligence officers and newsmen and to require repts from other execs on talks with newsmen; denies AP rept it drafts directive to 'regulate and limit' contacts; concedes that practice of requiring execs to rept on talks with newsmen has been revived
Pres Coty asks armed forces in Algeria to remain loyal; Pflimlin denies intent to 'abandon' Algeria; Com urges Coty form similar com in Paris; Pflimlin Cabinet discounts events in Algeria as 'dramatic misunderstanding,'
1958Christine Brennan, American journalist and author[â ]
Christine Brennan is a sports columnist for USA Today, a commentator on ABC News, CNN, PBS NewsHour and NPR, and a best-selling author. She was the first female sports reporter for the Miami Herald in 1981, the first woman at the Washington Post on the Washington Redskins beat in 1985, and the first president of the Association for Women in Sports Media in 1988. Brennan won the 2020 Red Smith Award, presented annually by the Associated Press Sports Editors to a person who has made "major contributions to sports journalism."
1958Rudy PĂ©rez, Cuban-born American composer and music producer[â ]
Rudy Amado PĂ©rez is a Cuban-born American musician, songwriter, composer, producer, arranger, sound engineer, musical director and singer, as well as entertainment entrepreneur, and philanthropist. His area of specialty is ballads, although he has also worked in a variety of other genres.
In 1958, the world population was approximately 2,911,249,671 people[â ]