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In 1957, the world population was approximately 2,852,618,337 people[†]
1957Nicholson Baker, American novelist and essayist[†]
Nicholson Baker is an American novelist and essayist. His fiction generally de-emphasizes narrative in favor of careful description and characterization. His early novels such as The Mezzanine and Room Temperature were distinguished by their minute inspection of his characters' and narrators' stream of consciousness. Out of a total of ten novels, three are erotica: Vox, The Fermata and House of Holes.
1957Katie Couric, American television journalist, anchor, and author[†]
Katherine Anne Couric is an American journalist and presenter. She is founder of Katie Couric Media, a multimedia news and production company. She also publishes a daily newsletter, Wake Up Call. Since 2016, she has hosted the podcast Next Question with Katie Couric.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 6--A new attack on Senate filibusters was shaping up today. It apparently was centering on possible compromise that might permit Senators to debate at least fifteen days before being subject to effective limitation.
ALBANY, Jan. 6--Tax policy, court reform, rent control and election law revision are expected to be the major fields of controversy in the legislative session that starts Wednesday.
Controller Lawrence E. Gerosa said yesterday that he might be a candidate for Mayor next fall if Mayor Wagner did not seek re-election.
WOODBRIDGE, N.J., Jan. 6--Human ingenuity will take over here tomorrow in an attempt to replace animal inefficiency.
CAIRO, Jan. 6--A dispute between Egyptian and United Nations officials over who was going to move a stranded convoy from the Suez Canal was resolved this morning by a fait accompli.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 6--The Atomic Energy Commission called today for new proposals from private and public interests on the construction of nuclear power plants.
A movement developed within the Foreign Relations and Armed Services Committees of the Senate over the week-end to place two limitations on the Administration's new military and economic plan for the Middle East.
NAPLES, Italy, Jan. 6--Nine hundred sixty-seven Jewish refugees arrived here today from Egypt.
The best medical care available today is very good indeed. People recover from illnesses that might have been fatal a few years ago. The length of many sicknesses has decreased. Some diseases have been eradicated as causes of disability or death.
BUDAPEST, Hungary, Jan. 6 --Premier Janos Kadar issued a statement of Government policy today that seemed to rule out the possibility of a coalition regime in Hungary.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 6--The area of President Eisenhower's special aid program for the Middle East finally may extend from Morocco in the west to Afghanistan in the east...