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Amb Smirnov tells Adenauer in Bonn how USSR plans shift; details not disclosed; von Brentano reptdly tells Western envoys; speculation; W Ger apprehensive; Brandt defiant on threat of Communist control of W Berlin, s, Parliament
Lodge talks privately with Zorin on compromise
concedes Va may have to yield to Fed Govt on integration but insists fight is not over, news conf; sees no conflict with Byrd; bars closing Negro schools wherever white schools are shut to avoid desegregation
CLEVELAND, Nov. 20 -- Increased Protestant sentiment for the recognition of Communist China became apparent today at a world order study conference here.
FHA revises minimum standards for new dwellings; move in line with changes in home bldg; some revisions noted; new standards effective spring '59
1958Mel Ott, American baseball player, manager, and sportscaster (born 1909)[†]
Melvin Thomas Ott, nicknamed "Master Melvin", was an American professional baseball right fielder, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Giants, from 1926 through 1947.
In 1958, the world population was approximately 2,911,249,671 people[†]