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Councilman Isaacs scores capital budget allocation of $17 million for dock development; says Port Auth should take over piers; City Council approves budget
Xmas broadcast
USSR, through Tass, urges conf on Eur security provided West does not make Ger settlement a condition; US official interest reptd
Chiang reiterates Nationalists plan to counter-attack mainland when uprising against Peiping erupts fully
1958Munetaka Higuchi, Japanese drummer and producer (died 2008)[†]
Munetaka Higuchi was a Japanese musician and record producer. He is best known as the original drummer of the heavy metal band Loudness, but first rose to prominence as a member of Lazy in the 1970s.
1958Diane Tell, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist[†]
Diane Tell is a Canadian musician who was born in Quebec City, Quebec.
In 1958, the world population was approximately 2,911,249,671 people[†]