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WASHINGTON, May 23 -- The House Armed Services Committee today rejected President Eisenhower's request for important changes in its compromise bill on Pentagon reorganization.
Army orders full probe; Under Sec Milton outlines damage claims procedures to Blaisdale and Gov Meyner; sends condolences to victims kin; Duff assures Meyner of additional safety precautions
Mins Beydun and Osman leave Cabinet; reasons not given; Premier es-Solh assumes Defense Min vacated by Beydun; United Arab Repub agrees to Arab League meeting on Lebanon's charge; Malik says Lebanon would delay UN action pending meeting; newspapers that reptd Salaam remarks against Chamoun suppressed
Sir Douglas Mawson repts USSR research ship Ob found 18-sq-mi island between Antarctica and Australia about 450 mi from Vincennes Bay, Sullivan rept; Australia would use it if discovery is confirmed; map
Labor Dept repts 3,101,500 claims, May 4-10; puts 4-wk decline at 262,000; repts 359,200 initial claims, May 11-17, low since Nov
1958Chip Ganassi, American race car driver, team owner and businessman[†]
Floyd "Chip" Ganassi Jr. is an American businessman, former racing driver, current team owner and member of the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America. He has been involved with the North American auto racing scene for over 30 years. He is owner and CEO of Chip Ganassi Racing which operates teams in the IndyCar Series, WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, FIA World Endurance Championship, and Extreme E. He is the only team owner in history to have won the Indianapolis 500, the Daytona 500, the Brickyard 400, the Rolex 24 at Daytona, the 12 Hours of Sebring and most recently the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
1958Frank Rowe, Australian public servant (born 1895)[†]
Francis Harry Rowe was a senior Australian public servant, best known for his time as Director-General of the Department of Social Services.
1958United Press International is formed through a merger of the United Press and the International News Service.[†]
United Press International (UPI) is an American international news agency whose newswires, photo, news film, and audio services provided news material to thousands of newspapers, magazines, radio and television stations for most of the 20th century until its eventual decline beginning in the early 1980s. At its peak, it had more than 6,000 media subscribers. Since the first of several sales and staff cutbacks in 1982, and the 1999 sale of its broadcast client list to its main U.S. rival, the Associated Press, UPI has concentrated on smaller information-market niches.
In 1958, the world population was approximately 2,911,249,671 people[†]