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WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 -- Senator Lyndon B. Johnson predicted today that the Democratic Eighty-sixth Congress would open a new era of prudent progressivism in Washington.
Govt deficit and inflation effects described
none hurt when Santa Fe train hits jet plane that had crash landed on tracks near El Toro Marine Air Base; illus
Ital repr Taviani offers Western survey of inspection means to prevent surprise attack, Geneva conf; USSR reprs in tests suspension talks reptdly reject discussing suspension and control concurrently
10th anniv meeting
1958Rickson Gracie, Brazilian mixed martial artist and choreographer[†]
Rickson Gracie is a Brazilian retired mixed martial artist. He is a member of the Gracie family: the third oldest son of Hélio Gracie, brother to Rorion and Relson Gracie, and half-brother to Rolker, Royce, Robin and Royler Gracie. In the 1980s and 1990s, he was widely considered to be the best fighter of the Gracie clan, and one of the toughest in the world. In July 2017, he was promoted to ninth-degree red belt, the second-highest ranking in Brazilian jiu-jitsu.
In 1958, the world population was approximately 2,911,249,671 people[†]