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UN Observation Group repts armed infiltration into Lebanon has virtually ceased, rept to Assembly; Assembly get Brit promise to begin withdrawal from Jordan Oct 20; Hussein announces ti to Parliament
Chrysler, UAW reach 3-yr pact providing 7¢-an-hr pay rise, other benefits similar to those in Ford pact; some issues unsettled; Reuther, co vp Le???ry comment
Milwaukee wins 1st game, 4-3
Dr Heil convinces art world that Cosimo de' Medici bust owned Ly de Young Museum is by Cellini; illus; 2-yr study of bust, bought for museum by R F Oakes, described
Foreign mins of NZ and Australia jointly back US stand on Taiwan crisis
1958Robbie Nevil, American singer-songwriter[†]
Robert S. Nevil is an American pop singer, songwriter, record producer, and guitarist who had five Billboard top 40 hits including his songs "C'est la Vie", "Dominoes", and "Wot's It to Ya".
1958Guinea declares its independence from France.[†]
Guinea, officially the Republic of Guinea, is a coastal country in West Africa. It borders the Atlantic Ocean to the west, Guinea-Bissau to the northwest, Senegal to the north, Mali to the northeast, Côte d'Ivoire to the southeast, and Sierra Leone and Liberia to the south. It is sometimes referred to as Guinea-Conakry, after its capital Conakry, to distinguish it from other territories in the eponymous region, such as Guinea-Bissau and Equatorial Guinea. Guinea has a population of 14 million and an area of 245,857 square kilometres (94,926 sq mi).
In 1958, the world population was approximately 2,911,249,671 people[†]