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Hays blames Faubus for defeat, charging he and aides backed Alford despite oath to support all Dem candidates; says 'South suffers' by defeat of moderates like himself; discusses policy for moderates
Sen Johnson legis program calls for housing program with goal of home for every family
anniv parade, Red Sq, and gen festivities described; illus
USAF fails to launch 3d lunar probe vehicle, Canaveral
$1.25 rate backed by Meany, legis program
1958Don Byron, American clarinet player and composer[â ]
Donald Byron is an American composer and multi-instrumentalist. He primarily plays clarinet but has also played bass clarinet and saxophone in a variety of genres that includes free jazz and klezmer.
1958Ken Lamberton, American author and educator[â ]
Kenneth J. Lamberton is an American writer and former teacher. Born in Duluth, Minnesota, Lamberton attended the University of Arizona, where he received a Bachelor of Science degree in biology and a Master of Fine Arts in creative writing. He was working as a science teacher in Mesa, Arizona in 1985 when he was awarded a Teacher of the Year award. A few months later, the then 28-year-old Lamberton was arrested for child molestation for having an affair with a 14-year-old student and transporting her across state lines. During his twelve-year prison term at the Santa Rita unit of the Arizona State Prison Complex at Tucson, he participated in a creative writing program run by Richard Shelton and became a writer, penning essays for the prison magazine La Roca. After his release on September 25, 2000, he began to publish non-fiction books and articles on natural history and crime and punishment in the Southwest.
1958Selçuk Yula, Turkish footballer and journalist (died 2013)[â ]
Selçuk Yula was a Turkish football player and topscorer.
In 1958, the world population was approximately 2,911,249,671 people[â ]