The aluminum industry was beginning to feel dangerously neglected last week, as the Senate Interior Committee approved proposals to help other ailing metals with price supports and stockpile buying.

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1958Dieter Althaus, German politician^[†]

Dieter Althaus is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). He served as the 3rd Minister President of Thuringia from 2003 to 2009. In 2003/04 he was the 58th President of the Bundesrat.

1958Rosa Mota, Portuguese runner^[†]

Rosa Maria Correia dos Santos Mota, GCIH, GCM is a Portuguese former marathon runner, one of her country's foremost athletes, being the first sportswoman from Portugal to win Olympic gold. Mota was the first woman to win multiple Olympic marathon medals as well as being the only woman to be the reigning European, World, and Olympic champion at the same time. On the 30th Anniversary Gala of the Association of International Marathons and Distance Races (AIMS) she was distinguished as the greatest female marathon runner of all time.

Historical Context for June 29, 1958

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

Headlines from June 29, 1958

UP AND OVER THE ROCKIES; Season When Motorists Scale the Western Peaks Is On

Tougher Line

Cigarette Sales Post New High; Even Snuff Joins Tobacco Gain; CIGARETTE SALES REACH NEW HIGH

DE GAULLE MOVES NEAR SHOWDOWN; Rising Hostility in Algeria to Premier's Stand Said to Worry Government DE GAULLE MOVES NEAR SHOWDOWN

ALUMINUM MILLS EYE METALS AID; They Regard U. S. Plan to Prop Copper, Lead, Zinc as Threat to Competition ALUMINUM MILLS EYE METALS AID

Notable Births

Historical Context for June 29, 1958