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Adenauer de Gaulle stress French-Ger ties as unity basis, communique
Wagner orders priority for schools; certifies NYC cannot borrow more than $179.8 million within debt limit, '59; certifies as available within debt limit $1,408,655,000 for July '58-Dec '64 program; says completing present program will cost $1.08 billion
Moroccan sources rept US agrees in principle to progressive evacuation; Amb Yost says decision has not been made; State Dept silent
C M White, 1 of contributors, scores Times for 'prying' into individuals private contributions
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1958Joel Quenneville, Canadian ice hockey player and coach[†]
Joel Norman Quenneville is a Canadian–American professional ice hockey coach and former player who is the head coach for the Anaheim Ducks of the National Hockey League (NHL). Nicknamed "Coach Q", he is second in NHL coaching wins at 969 behind Scotty Bowman. Quenneville achieved his greatest success as head coach of the Chicago Blackhawks, a team he coached from 2008 to 2018. He led the Blackhawks to three Stanley Cup titles in 2010, 2013 and 2015. The team's championship victory in 2010 was the Blackhawks' first since 1961, ending the then-longest Stanley Cup drought.
1958Wendie Jo Sperber, American actress (died 2005)[†]
Wendie Jo Sperber was an American actress, known for her performances in the films I Wanna Hold Your Hand (1978), Bachelor Party (1984), and Back to the Future (1985), as well as the television sitcoms Bosom Buddies (1980–1982) and Private Benjamin (1982–1983).
1958A Central Railroad of New Jersey commuter train runs through an open drawbridge at the Newark Bay, killing 48.[†]
The Central Railroad of New Jersey, also known as the Jersey Central, Jersey Central Lines or New Jersey Central, was a Class I railroad with origins in the 1830s. It was absorbed into Conrail in April 1976 along with several other prominent bankrupt railroads of the Northeastern United States.
In 1958, the world population was approximately 2,911,249,671 people[†]