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Paul says he will order 12 Negroes admitted to white schools in Charlottesville when term opens; ends hearings; holds school bd erred in denying their applications; rejects threat of violence as grounds for staying integration; doubts it will occur
Hammarskjold in Beirut; reptdly tries to arrange 'summit conf,' Beirut, of leaders of all Arab states to settle their disputes, apparently because his separate confs with leaders failed; Chamoun and Chehab conf; reptd worried by continued hostile broadcasts from UAR; Under Sec Bunche arrives, Beirut, to study adm affairs of UN Observation Group; UN sources deny special mission linked to crisis; speculation on Hammarskjold talks, Jordan
Councilman Kranis offers age-19 bill
Commerce and Labor Depts rept Aug factory work wk avgd 39.4 hrs; wkly earnings, $83.53
news conf on Taiwan crisis
1958Chris Columbus, American director, producer, and screenwriter[†]
Christopher Joseph Columbus is an American filmmaker. Born in Spangler, Pennsylvania, Columbus studied film at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts where he developed an interest in filmmaking. After writing screenplays for several teen comedies in the mid-1980s, including Gremlins, The Goonies, and Young Sherlock Holmes, he made his directorial debut with a teen adventure, Adventures in Babysitting (1987). Columbus gained recognition soon after with the highly successful Christmas comedy Home Alone (1990) and Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992).
1958Siobhan Fahey, Irish singer-songwriter and producer[†]
Siobhan Maire Deirdre Fahey is an Irish singer whose vocal range is a light contralto. She was a founding member of the British girl group Bananarama, who have had ten top-10 hits including the US number one hit single "Venus". She later formed the musical act Shakespears Sister, who had a UK number one hit with the 1992 single "Stay". Fahey joined the other original members of Bananarama for a 2017 UK tour, and, in 2018, a North America and Europe tour.
In 1958, the world population was approximately 2,911,249,671 people[†]