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August 8, 1958

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Headlines from August 8, 1958

FELT URGES MAYOR MAKE REALTY UNIT FULL DEPARTMENT; Naming a Commissioner and Enlarging Staff Also Held Needed for Efficiency 10 PROPOSALS ARE MADE Report Lays 'Scandal' to Lack of Goals and Poor Bureau Management 10 CHANGES URGED IN REALITY BUREAU

By Paul Crowell

Felt final rept to Wagner urges thorough Bur reorgn culminating in conversion to Dept; revs action thus far; links major shortcomings to inadequate mgt, poor personnel policies, ineffective records, lack of overall aims; urges advisory panel of professional realty men be made permanent adjunct; other proposals; rept hints pol role in Bur inefficiency

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Notable Births

Deborah Norville

1958Deborah Norville, American journalist[โ€ ]

Deborah Anne Norville is an American television journalist and businesswoman. Norville is a former anchor of Inside Edition, a syndicated television news magazine, a position she held from March 6, 1995 to May 21, 2025. She markets and sells a line of yarns for knit and crochet enthusiasts, manufactured by Premier Yarns. Previously, she was an anchor and correspondent for CBS News and earlier co-host of Today on NBC. Her book Thank You Power was a New York Times best-seller.

Historical Context for August 8, 1958

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