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H W Baldwin on navigational and strategic implications; sees new defense frontier; cites 3 mil capabilities made possible by feat, stressing guided missile launchings from submarines; sees US strategic advantage temporary
WASHINGTON, Aug. 8--The Eisenhower Administration raised the threat of a veto today against a bill to increase Social Security benefits.
House adopts $900-million aid bill; approves Judd motion to offer loans instead of scholarships; Elliott, Flemming comment
com asks Sen to cite 13, including Carpenters union pres Hutcheson, for contempt; hears further testimony on Hoffa's activities
nominated to be deputy chief of Natl Aeronautics and Space Adm
1958Amanda Bearse, American actress, comedian and director[†]
Amanda Bearse is an American actress, comedian and director. She starred in the 1985 supernatural horror film Fright Night, and later starred as Marcy Rhoades D'Arcy in the Fox sitcom Married... with Children (1987–1997). Bearse later began working as a television director, directing over 90 episodes of several comedy series.
1958Calie Pistorius, South African engineer and academic[†]
Carl Wilhelm Irene "Calie" Pistorius is a South African electrical engineer who is a former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Hull, Kingston upon Hull, United Kingdom. He announced, on 1 August 2016, that he would be stepping down from this role at the end of January 2017. His successor at Hull was Professor Susan Lea.
In 1958, the world population was approximately 2,911,249,671 people[†]