Prendergast Asks Big Vote; HUGE VOTE ASKED BY PRENDERGAST
By Warren Weaver Jr
Dem conv opens; Chmn Prendergast keynoter
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August 26, 1958
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Headlines from August 26, 1958
President to Take Newport Vacation; President to Vacation at Newport
By Felix Belair Jr
Eisenhowers plan Newport, RI, vacation; to live at Ft Adams in qrs of Rear Adm Lyman; ft described
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SPECIAL TERM SET; Ruling on Integration Stay Likely Before School Opens
By Anthony Lewis
pors and illus
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City Greets the Nautilus With Cheers, Whistles, Fireboats and Helicopters; The Submarine Nautilus Comes to Town and Many Take Part in Rainy Celebration
By Milton Bracker
Nautilus welcomed; illus
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Notable Births
1958Jan Nevens, Belgian cyclist[†]
Jan Nevens is a Belgian former professional road bicycle racer. Nevens won the 8th stage of the 1992 Tour de France. He also competed in the individual road race event at the 1980 Summer Olympics.
Notable Deaths
1958Ralph Vaughan Williams, English composer and educator (born 1872)[†]
Ralph Vaughan Williams was an English composer. His works include operas, ballets, chamber music, secular and religious vocal pieces and orchestral compositions including nine symphonies, written over sixty years. Strongly influenced by Tudor music and English folk-song, his output marked a decisive break in British music from its German-dominated style of the 19th century.
Historical Context for August 26, 1958
In 1958, the world population was approximately 2,911,249,671 people[†]