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October 16, 1958

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Headlines from October 16, 1958

NEW' COLLEGE MEN ARE FOUND ABLER; But Report Says They Are Hobbled by Grades System and the 4-Year Plan NEW COLLEGE MEN ARE FOUND ABLER

By Loren B. Pope

Amer Council on Educ comm finds present-day coll student abler, more mature and more serious than student of generation ago, rept on 1st of 2 inquiries into changes in coll students and effects on insts; rept written by Prof W M Wise; holds students now enter coll to prepare for specific careers, are older, have more responsibilities, come from lower socio-econ classes; other findings; figures; recommendations on curriculum changes indicated by findings; comm members listed; member Dr Eddy comments; will direct 2d inquiry, on factors in colls which affect students' values and attitudes

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RIGHTIST GROUPS IN ALGERIA SPLIT; Army Backs de Gaulle Ban on Strike Set for Today RIGHTIST GROUPS IN ALGERIA SPLIT

By Special to The New York Times

All-Algeria Pub Safety Com calls gen strike and mass demonstrations to protest de Gaulle order that Army personnel leave juntas; Salan returns to Algiers from Paris to announce that strike and demonstrations are banned; juntas adamant; moderates resign; Massu, who resigned as junta pres, says Army must oppose any pub disturbances; paratroopers and anti-riot police arrive; junta meeting illus

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Notable Births

Roy McDonough

1958Roy McDonough, English footballer and manager[†]

Roy McDonough is an English former professional football player and manager in the English Football League.

Tim Robbins

1958Tim Robbins, American actor, director, and screenwriter[†]

Timothy Francis Robbins is an American actor. He is best known for portraying Andy Dufresne in the film The Shawshank Redemption (1994), and Jacob Singer in Jacob's Ladder (1990), as well as winning an Academy Award and Golden Globe award for his role in Mystic River (2003) and another Golden Globe for The Player (1992).

Notable Deaths

1958Robert Redfield, American anthropologist of Mexico (born 1897)[†]

Robert Redfield was an American anthropologist and ethnolinguist, whose ethnographic work in Tepoztlán, Mexico, is considered a landmark of Latin American ethnography. He was associated with the University of Chicago for his entire career: all of his higher education took place there, and he joined the faculty in 1927 and remained there until his death in 1958, serving as Dean of Social Sciences from 1934 to 1946. Redfield was a co-founder of the University of Chicago Committee on Social Thought alongside other prominent Chicago professors Robert Maynard Hutchins, Frank Knight, and John UIrich Nef.

Historical Context for October 16, 1958

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