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bldg of 6 new ships, modernizing of 3 dropped from USN program because of high costs; about $500 million involved; work included 4 missile frigates, 2 destroyer escorts, conversion of aircraft carrier Block Island to helicopter carrier and conversion of 2 cruisers to missile cruisers
E Ger demands US negotiate directly for release of 9; USSR disclaims responsibility, says E Ger has jurisdiction; E Ger bid for US practical recognition seen
PARIS, June 9 -- Premier Charles de Gaulle read off to his ministers today a list of new appointments in a perfunctory Cabinet session reminiscent of those of Napoleon's day. The authority for this comparison was Andre Malraux, the distinguished writer who serves as General de Gaulle's and the Government's spokesman.
illus, Washington, with Eisenhower
Sec Mitchell says bill is full of 'loopholes'; Kennedy, Ives back bill; texts
1958Elain Harwood, English architectural historian (died 2023)[†]
Elain Harwood Hon.FRIBA was a British architectural historian with Historic England and a specialist in post–Second World War English architecture.
1958Yu Suzuki, Japanese game designer and producer[†]
Yu Suzuki is a Japanese game designer, producer, programmer, and engineer, who headed Sega's AM2 team for 18 years. Considered one of the first auteurs of video games, he has been responsible for a number of Sega's arcade hits, including three-dimensional sprite-scaling games that used "taikan" motion simulator arcade cabinets, such as Hang-On, Space Harrier, Out Run and After Burner, and pioneering polygonal 3D games such as Virtua Racing and Virtua Fighter, which are some of the games besides others from rival companies during that era credited with popularizing 3D graphics in video games; as well as the critically acclaimed Shenmue series. As a hardware engineer, he led the development of various arcade system boards, including the Sega Space Harrier, Model 1, Model 2 and Model 3, and was involved in the technical development of the Dreamcast console and its corresponding NAOMI arcade hardware.
1958Angelina Weld Grimké, American journalist, poet, and playwright (born 1880)[†]
Angelina Weld Grimké was an African-American journalist, teacher, playwright, and poet.
In 1958, the world population was approximately 2,911,249,671 people[†]