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WASHINGTON, May 22 -- The House of Representatives approved and sent to the White House today a program for postal rate and pay increases that seemed veto-proof. The vote was 379 to 0. Yesterday the Senate supported it, 88 to 0.
Bourguiba warns of attack by 'certain French forces'; repts clash at Gafsa airfield after Tunisians tried to keep 4 French planes from leaving; urges French troops evacuation as key to French-Tunisian settlement; other clashes reptd, Remada; map
Cabinet approves Const reforms; provisions; Pinay confs with de Gaulle with tacit Govt approval; repts to Pflimlin; speculation
Algerian junta urges all French Deputies to stay in France and support de Gaulle; bars entry to 2
Minnesota Sens Humphrey, Thye, Reprs Wier, McCarthy, Judd and O'Hara, as hon US delegates to Assembly, are probed for security clearances required of reprs to internatl confs
1958Mitch Albom, American journalist, author, and screenwriter[†]
Mitchell David Albom is an American author, journalist, and musician. As of 2021, he has sold 40 million books worldwide. Having achieved national recognition for sports writing in his early career, he turned to writing inspirational stories and themes—a preeminent early one being Tuesdays with Morrie.
1958Drew Carey, American actor, game show host, and entrepreneur[†]
Drew Allison Carey is an American comedian, actor and game show host. After serving in the U.S. Marine Corps and making a name for himself in stand-up comedy, Carey gained stardom in his own sitcom, The Drew Carey Show, and as host of the American version of the improv comedy show Whose Line Is It Anyway?, both of which aired on ABC. He then appeared in several films, television series, music videos, a made-for-television film, and a computer game. Carey has hosted the game show The Price Is Right since October 15, 2007, on CBS.
1958Lea DeLaria, American actress and singer[†]
Lea DeLaria is an American comedian, actress, and jazz singer. She portrayed Carrie "Big Boo" Black on the Netflix original series Orange Is the New Black (2013–2019) and Psychic Madame Delphina on the ABC Daytime Drama One Life To Live from 1999 to 2011. She also starred in the Broadway productions POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive in 2022 and the 2000 revival of The Rocky Horror Show. She was the first openly gay comic to appear on American television in a 1993 appearance on The Arsenio Hall Show.
In 1958, the world population was approximately 2,911,249,671 people[†]