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MONTREAL, Jan. 2--The Canadian Pacific Railway's transcontinental rail operations were paralyzed today by a strike that made 75,000 workers idle.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 2--The Eisenhower Administration put before a generally receptive, though troubled, Congress today its proposed manifesto against any Communist aggression in the Middle East.
The sum of $22,000,000 has been earmarked tentatively for teacher salary increases in the Board of Education's proposed operating budget request for 1957-58.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 2--Democrats and Republicans in the House of Representatives began today picking their captains for the Eighty-fifth Congress, which convenes at noon tomorrow. Senators of both parties will do the same tomorrow morning.
McMURDO SOUND, Antarctica, Jan. 2--A great ice floe, driven by winds of near hurrican force, slammed the United States Navy freighter Arneb against the coast of Antarctica yesterday.
1957Dave Dobbyn, New Zealand singer-songwriter and producer[†]
Sir David Joseph Dobbyn is a New Zealand musician, singer–songwriter and record producer. In his early career he was a member of the rock group Th' Dudes and was the main creative force in pop band DD Smash. Since then he has released the majority of his recordings as a solo performer.
1957The Hamilton Watch Company introduces the first electric watch.[†]
The Hamilton Watch Company is a Swiss manufacturer of wristwatches based in Bienne, Switzerland. Founded in 1892 as an American firm, the Hamilton Watch Company ended American manufacture in 1969, shifting manufacturing operations to the Buren factory in Switzerland. Through a series of mergers and acquisitions, the Hamilton Watch Company eventually became integrated into the Swatch Group, the world's largest watch manufacturing and marketing conglomerate.
In 1957, the world population was approximately 2,852,618,337 people[†]