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July 25, 1958

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U.S. TO INSIST SUMMIT TALK INCLUDE ALL ASPECTS OF MIDEAST QUESTION; BARS SOVIET DOMINATION OF DEBATE; NEW NOTE MAPPED Dulles Acts to Avoid Limited Agenda at U. N. Meeting Dulles Acts to Prevent Limited Agenda at Summit Meeting U. S. IS BUILDING PARLEY DEFENSE Seeks to Insure Eisenhower Will Not Be Placed in an Indefensible Position

By James Restonspecial To the New York Times

Dulles, Eisenhower draft reply to Khrushchev to avoid limiting conf agenda to US-Brit intervention; Hammarskjold offers proposals on conf to US, other states; some reptd suggestions noted

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MALIK COMPLAINS; Lebanese Says Arms and Men Still Cross the Syrian Border Malik Complains Infiltration Across Syrian Border Goes On Despite U. N. Observers SEES PROPAGANDA WORSE THAN EVER Lebanese Foreign Minister Says He Does Not Know Plans of Hammarskjold

By Thomas J. Hamiltonspecial To the New York Times

Malik holds infiltration of arms and men from UAR continues, radio and press drive against Lebanon stepped up, int; 2d rept from UN Observation Group awaited; Group reptdly has evidence of arms aid from Syria

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Notable Births

Alex Filippenko

1958Alexei Filippenko, American astrophysicist and academic[†]

Alexei Vladimir "Alex" Filippenko is an American astrophysicist and professor of astronomy at the University of California, Berkeley. Filippenko graduated from Dos Pueblos High School in Goleta, California. He received a Bachelor of Arts in physics from the University of California, Santa Barbara in 1979 and a Ph.D. in astronomy from the California Institute of Technology in 1984, where he was a Hertz Foundation Fellow. He was a postdoctoral Miller Fellow at Berkeley from 1984 to 1986 and was appointed to Berkeley's faculty in 1986. In 1996 and 2005, he was a Miller Research Professor, and he is currently a Senior Miller Fellow. His research focuses on supernovae and active galaxies at optical, ultraviolet, and near-infrared wavelengths, as well as on black holes, gamma-ray bursts, and the expansion of the Universe.

Thurston Moore

1958Thurston Moore, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer[†]

Thurston Joseph Moore is an American guitarist, singer and songwriter best known as a member of the rock band Sonic Youth. He has also participated in many solo and group collaborations outside Sonic Youth, as well as running the Ecstatic Peace! record label. Moore was ranked 34th in Rolling Stone's 2004 edition of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time".

Notable Deaths

Otto Lasanen

1958Otto Lasanen, Finnish wrestler (born 1891)[†]

Otto Abraham Lasanen was a featherweight Greco-Roman wrestler from Finland. He won a bronze medal at the 1912 Summer Olympics and placed fourth at the 1914 unofficial European Championships. In 1917 he won a Russian title, as Finland was part of Russia then. Lasanen was a car driver by profession.

Historical Events

1958The African Regroupment Party holds its first congress in Cotonou.[†]

The African Regroupment Party was a political party in the French African colonies.

Historical Context for July 25, 1958

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