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John J. O'Rourke was assured last night of the presidency of the strife-torn Teamsters Joint Council. His election next month as leader of 125,000 union truck drivers and warehousemen in the metropolitan...
BUDAPEST, Hungary, Jan. 8--The Hungarian regime appeared today to be going back on its promise to democratize the country's trade unions.
CAIRO, Jan. 8--The United States has ordered its Ambassador to Cairo, Raymond A. Hare, to return to Washington for high-level consultations on the Administration's proposed new Middle East policy.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 8--Secrecy surrounding the testimony of John Foster Duller at the Capitol caused a protest today.
1957Phil Lewis, English musician, singer and songwriter[†]
Philip Francis Lewis is an English musician, best known as the lead vocalist and occasional rhythm guitarist for the American glam metal band L.A. Guns. Born in London, Lewis has lived and worked in the U.S. since the 1980s but was privately educated at Royal Russell School in Surrey.
1957British Prime Minister Sir Anthony Eden resigns from office following his failure to retake the Suez Canal from Egyptian sovereignty.[†]
The prime minister of the United Kingdom is the head of government of the United Kingdom. The prime minister advises the sovereign on the exercise of much of the royal prerogative, chairs the Cabinet, and selects its ministers. Modern prime ministers hold office by virtue of their ability to command the confidence of the House of Commons, so they are invariably members of Parliament.
In 1957, the world population was approximately 2,852,618,337 people[†]