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LONDON, Dec. 25 -- Queen Elizabeth asked her people today to remember at Christmas "with friendship and good-will" strangers from other parts of the Commonwealth who had come to work in Britain.
Gromyko says USSR would agree to ltd yrly tests for peaceful purposes providing USSR tests equaled US and Brit total, s, Sup Soviet; Soviet adopts resolution urging nuclear weapons ban
Efforts to settle the newspaper strike will be resumed at 10 A. M. today in the offices of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, 341 Ninth Avenue.
Newman, W, Co: H Reiss, J Ehrlich, D P South Sr and W Newman indicted, Newark, for $1/4-million swindle involving sale of worthless stock of Tex Western Oil Co; Newman fugitive since '56, when SEC began probe of his activities
NY Commerce and Indus Assn survey on employment outlook for NYC, '59; details
1958Adrian Newey, English aerodynamicist and engineer[†]
Adrian Martin Newey is a British engineer, aerodynamicist, automotive designer and motorsport executive. Since 2025, Newey has served as technical director and co-owner of Aston Martin in Formula One; he previously served as technical director of Leyton House and McLaren, chief designer of March and Williams, and chief technical officer of Red Bull Racing. Widely regarded as one of the greatest engineers in Formula One history, Newey's designs have won 12 World Constructors' Championship titles and 223 Grands Prix between 1991 and 2024.
In 1958, the world population was approximately 2,911,249,671 people[†]