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CAB to set up experimental trans-US restricted routes starting June 15; map; routes to be 40 mi wide, extend from 17,000 to 22,000 ft, subject to ground control at all times; mil to limit operations at civil airports
Farmer, M: Alvarez and Horton get 20 yrs-life, Birch 7 1/2-15 yrs, DeLeon 5-15 yrs
Pres Eisenhower comments on long-term interest rates failure to decline, news conf
Left-wingers stage massive nonviolent demonstration to support Govt, Paris; illus; Deputies Daladier, Mendes-France, Duclos, Gazier, Pineau and Mitterand participate; rally called by Repub Defense Com
US House approves statehood bill
1958Annette Bening, American actress[†]
Annette Carol Bening is an American actress. With a career spanning over four decades, she is known for her versatile work across screen and stage. Bening has received numerous accolades, including a BAFTA Award, two Golden Globe Awards, and nominations for five Academy Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award and two Tony Awards, making her one of few artists nominated for the Triple Crown of Acting without winning.
1958Juliano Mer-Khamis, Israeli actor, director, and activist (died 2011)[†]
Juliano Mer-Khamis was an Israeli–Palestinian actor, director, filmmaker, and political activist of Jewish and Palestinian Eastern Orthodox Christian parentage. On 4 April 2011, he was assassinated by a masked gunman in the city of Jenin, where he had established The Freedom Theatre.
1958Uwe Rapolder, German footballer and coach[†]
Uwe Rapolder is a German retired football player and manager.
1958Mike Stenhouse, American baseball player and sportscaster[†]
Michael Steven Stenhouse is an American former outfielder, first baseman, and designated hitter in Major League Baseball who played for the Montreal Expos from 1982-1984, the Minnesota Twins in 1985, and the Boston Red Sox in 1986. Stenhouse is the CEO of the Rhode Island Center for Freedom and Prosperity, a public policy think tank. Listed at 6'1", 195 lb., Stenhouse batted left-handed and threw right-handed. He is the son of pitcher Dave Stenhouse.
1958Juan Ramón Jiménez, Spanish poet and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1881)[†]
Juan Ramón Jiménez Mantecón was a Spanish poet, a prolific writer who received the 1956 Nobel Prize in Literature "for his lyrical poetry, which in the Spanish language constitutes an example of high spirit and artistic purity". One of Jiménez's most important contributions to modern poetry was his advocacy of the concept of "pure poetry".
In 1958, the world population was approximately 2,911,249,671 people[†]