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5 airmen rept beatings by peasants, news conf; 1 nearly hanged; rept considerate treatment by USSR officials
Sec Weeks sees unemployment peak passed
reentry test successful; nose cone hunted in Ascension Is area of S Atlantic 6,000 mi from Canaveral; signals not clear; Gen LeMay comments; map
WASHINGTON, July 10 -- The Senate Finance Committee handed President Eisenhower a setback today by voting, 12 -- 2, for a drastically modified bill to extend the Reciprocal Trade Agreement Act.
US repts wave of trials and retrials of persons involved in '56 revolt; repts 100 in 10 days, June; cites trials of G Obersovszky, D Kosary
1958Stephanie Dabney, American ballerina (died 2022)[†]
Stephanie Renee Dabney was an American dancer who performed as a prima ballerina with Dance Theatre of Harlem from 1979 through 1994. Dabney is best known for her performances in John Taras' The Firebird, which she performed all over the world, as well as at the opening ceremony of the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.
1958Mark Lester, English actor[†]
Mark Lester is an English former child actor who starred in a number of British and European films in the 1960s and 1970s. In 1968 he played the title role in the film Oliver!, a musical version of the stage production by Lionel Bart based on Charles Dickens' novel Oliver Twist. Lester also made several appearances in a number of British television series. In 1977, after appearing in the all-star international action adventure film The Prince and the Pauper, he retired from acting. In the 1980s, he trained as an osteopath specialising in sports injuries.
1958Hugo Sánchez, Mexican footballer, coach, and manager[†]
Hugo Sánchez Márquez is a Mexican former professional footballer and manager, who played as a forward. A prolific goalscorer known for his spectacular strikes and volleys, he is widely regarded as the greatest Mexican footballer of all time, one of the best players of his generation, and one of the best strikers of all time. In 1999, the International Federation of Football History and Statistics voted Sánchez the 26th best footballer of the 20th century, and the best footballer from the CONCACAF region. In 2004, Sánchez was named in the FIFA 100 list of the world's greatest living players.
In 1958, the world population was approximately 2,911,249,671 people[†]