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November 11, 1958

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Headlines from November 11, 1958

2C BUS FARE RISE IS WON IN JERSEY; Public Service to Lift Basic Rate to 14c and School Rider Charge to 8c 2C BUS FARE RISE IS WON IN JERSEY

By Special to The New York Times

NJ PUC authorizes bus fare rise

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Court Orders Little Rock To Take Integration Steps; LITTLE ROCK TOLD TO DESEGREGATE

By Special to The New York Times

Appeals Ct orders School Bd to toke 'positive action' to integrate pss; bars it from any act which would impede or thwart integration; leaves details on implementation to Dist Ct; holds injunction does not hinge on issue of const of Ark anti-integration laws

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U. S. OFFERS PACTS TO BAGHDAD BLOC; Seeks to Bolster Defenses and Economies of Iran, Turkey and Pakistan U.S. OFFERS PACTS TO BAGHDAD BLOC

By Dana Adams Schmidtspecial To the New York Times

US, in response to USSR protest to Iran, repts it is negotiating econ and defense agreements with Iran, Turkey and Pakistan to bolster Pact in accord with July 28 declaration; agreements would include ref to Eisenhower Doctrine for Mideast; Premier Khrushchev warns Iran against joining 'aggressive group,' s; Pact's Moslem members seek to hold next meeting in Washington

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Eisenhower Asks Crusade On World Hunger, Disease; Outlines a Program to Colombo Meeting for Expansion of Trade With and Aid to the Under-Developed Lands EISENHOWER ASKS DRIVE ON HUNGER

By Lawrence E. Daviesspecial To the New York Times

Eisenhower urges free world trade expansion, s, Colombo Plan conf, Seattle

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Castro Arms Plane, 22 Seized in Florida; PLANE, 22 CUBANS SEIZED IN FLORIDA

By Unknown Author

Ft Lauderdale, Fla, police seize 22 and arms-laden plane slated for flight to rebels; Jamaica police hold 3 alleged arms runners, Grand Caiman Is; Cuban Red Cross repts prisoners exch begun; conflicting repts on casualties in Alto Songo fighting noted

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1958Luz Casal, Spanish singer-songwriter and actress^[†]

María Luz Casal Paz is a Spanish pop and rock singer. She grew up in Boimorto, Galicia, took singing, piano and ballet classes, and moved to Madrid to pursue a career as a musician.

1958Kazimieras Černis, Lithuanian astronomer and astrophysicist^[†]

Kazimieras Černis is a Lithuanian astronomer and astrophysicist, active member of the IAU, and a prolific discoverer of minor planets and comets. In 2012, he discovered 420356 Praamzius, a trans-Neptunian object and dwarf planet candidate.

1958Carlos Lacámara, Cuban-American actor and playwright^[†]

Carlos Lacámara is a Cuban-born American actor and playwright who has had a long career on American television, making his first appearance in 1983 on the sitcom Family Ties and mostly played in roles as Paco Ortíz on the sitcom Nurses, and as Ray García, the family patriarch on The Brothers García.

1958Kathy Lette, Australian-English author^[†]

Kathryn Marie Lette is an Australian and British author. She came to prominence with her 1979 novel Puberty Blues.

Historical Context for November 11, 1958

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

Headlines from November 11, 1958

2C BUS FARE RISE IS WON IN JERSEY; Public Service to Lift Basic Rate to 14c and School Rider Charge to 8c 2C BUS FARE RISE IS WON IN JERSEY

Court Orders Little Rock To Take Integration Steps; LITTLE ROCK TOLD TO DESEGREGATE

U. S. OFFERS PACTS TO BAGHDAD BLOC; Seeks to Bolster Defenses and Economies of Iran, Turkey and Pakistan U.S. OFFERS PACTS TO BAGHDAD BLOC

Eisenhower Asks Crusade On World Hunger, Disease; Outlines a Program to Colombo Meeting for Expansion of Trade With and Aid to the Under-Developed Lands EISENHOWER ASKS DRIVE ON HUNGER

Castro Arms Plane, 22 Seized in Florida; PLANE, 22 CUBANS SEIZED IN FLORIDA

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Historical Context for November 11, 1958