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June 9, 1958

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Front Page 1 -- No Title; GREECE BIDS NATO MEET ON CYPRUS

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PARTY VINDICATES SOVIET COMPOSERS; Discards Stalinist Charges of Formalistic Deviations Against Music Leaders PARTY VINDICATES SOVIET COMPOSERS

By Max Frankelspecial To the New York Times

USSR Communist party Central Com vindicates D Shostakovich, S Prokofieff, A Khatchaturian and others of '48 charges of 'formalistic perversion.' in their work but reasserts right to control musical developments among young composers; orders Pravda ed bd and all party workers make amends; says Stalin, in ordering composers condemned, was influenced by V M Molotov, G M Malenkov and L P Beria; Pravda ed

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SALAZAR NOMINEE WINS IN PORTUGAL; Rival Presidential Candidate Gets High Protest Vote SALAZAR NOMINEE WINS IN PORTUGAL

By Benjamin Wellesspecial To the New York Times

Tomes elected Pres; Delgado gets big protest vote; his campaign dir Prof de Almeida arrested for issuing 'rebellion' leaflets; over 100 arrested during campaign

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DE GAULLE READY TO START ON TASK OF LEGAL REFORM; He Also Is Expected to Add Ministers at Session Today -- Senators Elected DE GAULLE READY TO START REFORM

By Robert C. Dotyspecial To the New York Times

de Gaulle sets Cabinet meeting on Const reform

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Morhouse Stirs Outcries On His Aid to Rockefeller; Supporters of Hall and Mahoney Argue Republican Chairman Abused Post -Javits 'Inclined' to Support Powell MORHOUSE SCORED ON ROCKEFELLER

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Hall, Mahoney backers score Morhouse for non-neutrality; dispute him on polls

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Notable Births

1958David Ancrum, American basketball player and coach^[†]

David Chalton Ancrum is an American former college and professional basketball player and coach. Ancrum played college basketball for Utica College. Subsequently, he had a professional basketball career, and he played in several leagues, most notably in the Continental Basketball Association (CBA), the Greek Basketball League, and the Israeli Premier League. In 1994, he was the Israeli Premier League's Top Scorer.

Notable Deaths

1958Robert Donat, English actor (born 1905)^[†]

Friedrich Robert Donat was an English actor. Making his breakthrough film role in Alexander Korda's The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933), today he is best remembered for his roles in The Count of Monte Cristo (1934), Alfred Hitchcock's The 39 Steps (1935), and Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939), for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor as the gentle English schoolmaster Mr. Chips.

Historical Events

1958Aeroflot Flight 105 crashes on approach to Magdan-13 Airport, killing 24.^[†]

Aeroflot Flight 105 was an aviation accident involving an Ilyushin Il-12P aircraft operated by Aeroflot, which occurred on June 9, 1958 near Magadan, Russia, resulting in the deaths of 24 people.

Historical Context for June 9, 1958

In 1958, the world population was approximately 2,911,249,671 people^[†]