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November 24, 1958

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PASSPORT STUDY ASKS NEW LAWS, MINIMUM CURBS; City Bar Would Not Restrict Travel by Reds Except if It Perils U. S. Security PASSPORT STUDY ASKS NEW LAWS

By Russell Porter

NYC Bar Assn special (Workum) com urges new Fed legis and fewer curbs on passports, rept on study sponsored by Fund for the Repub; proposes revising procedures in passport cases to provide for 'trial type' of hearing with disclosure to defendants of Govt evidence; backs 'enforceable' penalties for violations; says probable activity directly hostile to US should be guidepost for withholding passports, not membership in an orgn or adherence to unpopular views; upholds State Sec right to bar travel to given areas only in situations of exceptional gravity; says new legis must define State Dept authority to impose curbs; other proposals

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Notable Births

Roy Aitken

1958Roy Aitken, Scottish footballer and manager[†]

Robert Sime "Roy" Aitken is a Scottish former football player and manager. He made over 480 league appearances for Celtic, and later played for Newcastle United, St Mirren and Aberdeen. Aitken also made 57 international appearances for Scotland. His playing position was either in midfield or defence.

Margaret Curran

1958Margaret Curran, Scottish academic and politician[†]

Margaret Patricia Curran, Baroness Curran, is a Scottish Labour Party politician. She served in the House of Commons as the member of Parliament (MP) for Glasgow East from 2010 and 2015, and was Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland from 2011 until 2015. Curran was previously the member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for Glasgow Baillieston from 1999 to 2011, and held a number of posts within the Scottish Executive, including as Minister for Parliamentary Business, Minister for Social Justice, and Minister for Communities. She served as Minister of State in the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero May to June 2025.

Nick Knight (photographer)

1958Nick Knight, British photographer[†]

Nicholas David Gordon Knight is a British fashion photographer and founder and director of SHOWstudio.com. He is an honorary professor at University of the Arts London and was awarded an honorary Ph.D. by the same university. He has produced books of his work including retrospectives Nicknight (1994) and Nick Knight (2009). In 2016, Knight's 1992 campaign photograph for fashion brand Jil Sander was sold by Phillips auction house at the record-breaking price of HKD 2,360,000.

Notable Deaths

Robert Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood

1958Robert Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood, English lawyer and politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1864)[†]

Edgar Algernon Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood,, known as Lord Robert Cecil from 1868 to 1923, was a British lawyer, politician and diplomat. He was one of the architects of the League of Nations and a defender of it, whose service to the organisation saw him awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1937.

Historical Context for November 24, 1958

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