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September 17, 1958

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Headlines from September 17, 1958

Ford Makes Offer To Bar Strike Today; U. A. W. AND FORD STRIVE FOR PACT

By Damon Stetsonspecial To the New York Times

co makes new concessions; 3,250 workers start strike before deadline, 3 Chicago area plants

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Witness Says Hoffa Paid Funds to Judge; HOFFA PAID JUDGE, WITNESS TESTIFIES

By Russell Bakerspecial To the New York Times

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -Senate labor investigators were told today that James R. Hoffa had used a dummy public relations concern to funnel weekly payments to a Detroit judge and to finance his re-election campaign.

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New City Research Agency To Finance Health Studies; CITY HEALTH UNIT TO AID RESEARCH

By Peter Kihss

Wagner creates NYC Health Research Council and Office of Health Research to adm its programs; Prof McDermott Council chmn, Prof MacLeod Office chmn; initial budget to be $600,000 million

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U. S. AIDES SEE END OF MIDEAST CALM; Expect Arabs to Raise New Clamor -- Efforts of U. N. Chief Held Ineffective U. S. AIDES SEE END OF MIDEAST CALM

By Dana Adams Schmidtspecial To the New York Times

US officials fear new crisis; see Hammarskjold talks ineffective

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ENGINEER'S DEATH IN JERSEY WRECK LINKED TO HEART; But Autopsy Fails to Show Cause of Plunge -- State and U. S. Call Hearings ENGINEER'S DEATH LINKED TO HEART

By Harrison E. Salisbury

Wilburn found to have had heart disease; 3 coaches raised; illus; 27 bodies recovered; engine was not equipped with 'dead man's control,'

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1958Janez Janša, Slovenian politician, 5th Prime Minister of Slovenia^[†]

Ivan Janša, better known as Janez Janša, is a Slovenian politician who served three times as a prime minister of Slovenia, a position he had held from 2004 to 2008, from 2012 to 2013, and from 2020 to 2022. Since 1993, Janša has led the Slovenian Democratic Party, which has emerged as the pre-eminent Slovenian conservative party. Janša lost his fourth bid for prime minister in April 2022, his party was defeated by the Freedom Movement party.

1958Tom Waddell, Scottish-American baseball player (died 2019)^[†]

Thomas David Waddell was a Scottish Major League Baseball pitcher. One of only eight Scotland natives to ever be a major league ballplayer, he pitched for the Cleveland Indians from 1984 to 1985, and again in 1987.

Historical Context for September 17, 1958

In 1958, the world population was approximately 2,911,249,671 people^[†]

Headlines from September 17, 1958

Ford Makes Offer To Bar Strike Today; U. A. W. AND FORD STRIVE FOR PACT

Witness Says Hoffa Paid Funds to Judge; HOFFA PAID JUDGE, WITNESS TESTIFIES

New City Research Agency To Finance Health Studies; CITY HEALTH UNIT TO AID RESEARCH

U. S. AIDES SEE END OF MIDEAST CALM; Expect Arabs to Raise New Clamor -- Efforts of U. N. Chief Held Ineffective U. S. AIDES SEE END OF MIDEAST CALM

ENGINEER'S DEATH IN JERSEY WRECK LINKED TO HEART; But Autopsy Fails to Show Cause of Plunge -- State and U. S. Call Hearings ENGINEER'S DEATH LINKED TO HEART

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