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November 15, 1958

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Headlines from November 15, 1958

Fuchs Plans to Go To East Germany; FUCHS PLANS TO GO TO EAST GERMANY

By United Press International

Plans to go to E Ger on release from jail, int in London Dally Express

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East Shelves Rapachi Plan At Surprise-Attack Parley; East Shelves Rapacki Arms Plan At Meeting on Surprise Attack

By Drew Middletonspecial To the New York Times

Poland and USSR decide not to submit Rapacki plan to Geneva conf on surprise attack; Western refusal to discuss pol issues credited; USSR reprs to tests ban conf study US working paper

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REDS BEGIN PURGE IN 2 CHINESE AREAS; Shantung Governor Ousted -- Officials in Manchuria Are Also Under Fire Small Blast Furnaces Aid Production Of Iron in Communist China REDS BEGIN PURGE IN 2 CHINA ZONES

By Tillman Durdinspecial To the New York Times

Shantung Gov Chao Chien-min and other top officials ousted in sweeping crack-down by regime; Liaoning Prov Gov Tu Che-heng and subordinate officials believed involved in similar purge; Peiping People's Daily links inefficiency in implementing '58 econ program; says 40,000 Shantung officials were involved in purge

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BANK AIDE IS SLAIN IN QUEENS HOLD-UP; $11,000 Taken in Richmond Hill by 2 Masked Thugs -- Patron Also Wounded Queens Bank Official Killed; Thugs Make Off With $11,000

By Alexander Feinberg

United Natl Bank of LI (Richmond Hill, NY): asst vp Duggan slain, patron wounded in $11,000 hold- up by 2 masked men; illus; map

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BUENOS AIRES MOB MENACES GOMEZ; Vice President is Later Reported Ready to Quit in Conflict Over 'Plot' BUENOS AIRES MOB MENACES GOMEZ

By Juan de Onisspecial To the New York Times

Frondizi aides rept Gomez agrees to resign; Gomez rescued from mob attack in Sen bldg; Govt paralyzed by squabble over question of his alleged guilt; press comment

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Notable Births

1958Lewis Fitz-Gerald, Australian actor and director^[†]

Lewis Fitz-Gerald is an Australian actor, screenwriter and television director, who lectures in Screen and Media Studies at Australia's University of New England.

1958Gu Kailai, Chinese lawyer and businesswoman^[†]

Gu Kailai is a Chinese former lawyer and businesswoman. She is the second wife of former Politburo member Bo Xilai, one of China's most influential politicians until he was stripped of his offices in 2012. In August 2012, Gu was convicted of murdering British businessman Neil Heywood and was given a suspended death sentence, later commuted to life imprisonment in December 2015.

1958Lesley Laird, British politician^[†]

Lesley Margaret Laird is a Scottish politician who served as Deputy Leader of the Scottish Labour Party from 2017 to 2019. She was Member of Parliament (MP) for Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath from 2017 to 2019, and Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland during the same period. Laird was a Member of Fife Council from 2012 to 2018 and served as the Deputy Leader of the Council.

Notable Deaths

1958Tyrone Power, American actor, singer, and producer (born 1914)^[†]

Tyrone Edmund Power III was an American actor. From the 1930s to the 1950s, Power appeared in dozens of films, often in swashbuckler roles or romantic leads. His better-known films include Jesse James, The Mark of Zorro, Marie Antoinette, Blood and Sand, The Black Swan, Prince of Foxes, Witness for the Prosecution, The Black Rose, and Captain from Castile. Power's own favorite film among those in which he starred was Nightmare Alley.

Historical Context for November 15, 1958

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