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July 26, 1958

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SENATE APPROVES A NEW FARM PLAN BUT KEEPS PARITY; 62-to-11 Vote Passes Bill Giving Benson Power to Lower Price Supports HOUSE ACTION DUE SOON Measure Provides Alternate Method of Basing Props on Market Averages SENATE APPROVES A NEW FARM PLAN

By William M. Blairspecial To the New York Times

Sen, 62-11 retains parity supports, approves formula change giving Adm authority to lower supports; Benson hails vote; Amer Farm Bur Fed presses for House enactment of bill

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45 IN PLANE SAFE AFTER SEA MISHAP; Airliner, Crippled 450 Miles Out, Lands at Argentia 45 IN PLANE SAFE AFTER SEA MISHAP

By Unknown Author

A Pan American World Airways Clipper, crippled at sea, made a safe landing at Argentia, Nfld., shortly after last midnight.

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S. E. C. SETS CODE TO BAR PRESSURE ON ITS MEMBERS; Tells Panel Not to Permit White House or Congress to Influence Decisions S.E.C. ADOPTS CODE TO BAR PRESSURE

By Special to The New York Times

Sen Ives confirms he wrote lrs to Army on behalf of Raylaine asking for routine information; McDermott testifies, subcom

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ASKS U. N. COUNCIL TO SET RULES; MEMBERS TO ACT Preliminary Session on Plans Expected Within 10 Days U. N. Council Is Expected to Meet Within Ten Days to Act on Summit Talks MEMBERS TO SET PARLEY PROGRAM Hammarskjold to See Them Privately to Try to Reach Agreement on Tasks

By Thomas J. Hamiltonspecial To the New York Times

UNITED NATIONS, N. Y., July 25 -- A Western source predicted tonight that the Security Council would meet within a week or ten days to carry out President Eisenhower's plan for arranging a summit meeting.

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Dulles Departs for Bonn On Way to Pact Meeting; DULLES DEPARTS FOR PACT SESSION

By E. W. Kenworthyspecial To the New York Times

Dulles leaves for London; confs earlier with Pres Eisenhower; illus

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Notable Births

1958Monti Davis, American basketball player (died 2013)^[†]

DaMon William "Monti" Davis was an American professional basketball player. He was a 6-foot-7-inch (201 cm) 205 pounds (93 kg) forward and played collegiately at Tennessee State University.

1958Angela Hewitt, Canadian-English pianist^[†]

Angela Hewitt is a Canadian classical pianist. She is best known for her Bach interpretations.

Historical Events

1958Explorer program: Explorer 4 is launched.^[†]

The Explorers Program is a NASA exploration program that provides flight opportunities for physics, geophysics, heliophysics, and astrophysics investigations from space. Launched in 1958, Explorer 1 was the first spacecraft of the United States to achieve orbit. Over 90 space missions have been launched since. Starting with Explorer 6, it has been operated by NASA, with regular collaboration with a variety of other institutions, including many international partners.

Historical Context for July 26, 1958

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