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Govt press renews attacks on Ch; charges clerical interference in pol, centering criticism on Wyszynski; motives analyzed
WASHINGTON, Aug. 10 -The Atomic Energy Commission and the National Academy of Sciences-National Research Council praised today the report of the United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation.
UNITED NATIONS, N. Y. Aug. 10 -- The United States and the Soviet Union will plunge tomorrow into two days of talk to line up support for rival Middle East plans.
Murphy in London; illus; confs with Lloyd; int; optimistic; says Arab nationalism 'if properly managed and contained' need not be danger to West
UN Scientific Com on Radiation Effects repts fall-out from weapons tests is genetic peril to man, but stresses radiation doses are small, W Sullivan rept; opposes USSR proposal to end tests at once; says action is beyond its jurisdiction; notes natural radiation in some areas is 10 times normal; urges population studies; notes fall-out tends to be concentrated in middle latitudes; finds NYC had highest level of strontium 90 fall-out, '54-57; other findings; chart of fall-out pattern, '56-57;2d UN group issues paper prepared for com revising methods of estimating fall-out; repts on carbon 14 effects
1958Steven Pokere, New Zealand rugby player[†]
Steven Tahurata Pokere is a former New Zealand rugby union player. A second five-eighth and centre, Pokere represented Southland, Auckland and Wellington at a provincial level, and was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, from 1981 to 1985. He played 39 matches for the All Blacks including 18 internationals.
1958Jah Wobble, English singer-songwriter and bass player[†]
John Joseph Wardle, known by the stage name Jah Wobble, is an English bass guitarist and singer. He became known to a wider audience as the original bass player in Public Image Ltd (PiL) in the late 1970s and early 1980s; he left the band after two albums.
In 1958, the world population was approximately 2,911,249,671 people[†]