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WASHINGTON, Jan. 13--The military provisions of President Eisenhower's Budget Message to Congress Wednesday at a expected to provoke another major controversy over military policy.
ALBANY, Jan. 13--A short legislative session appeared in prospect today.
PARIS, Monday, Jan, 14-- French Communists were defeated yesterday in their first electoral test since the Soviet brutality in Hungary produced a wave of revulsion here against Red tactics.
Governor Harriman promised yesterday to help Mayor Wagner fight for a share of state auto registration fees. But he avoided committing himself on backing most of the Mayor's new five-year proposals for New York City to receive shares of certain state tax revenues.
WARSAW, Jan. 13--Wladyslaw Gomulka called today for the "total mobilization" of the Polish United Workers party to stem an anti-Communist tide threatening to engulf the party in next Sunday's elections.
1957Anchee Min, Chinese-American painter, photographer, and author[†]
Anchee Min is a Chinese-American author who lives in San Francisco and Shanghai. Min has published two memoirs, Red Azalea and The Cooked Seed: A Memoir, and six historical novels. Her fiction emphasizes strong female characters, such as Jiang Qing, the wife of chairman Mao Zedong, and Empress Dowager Cixi, the last ruling empress of China.
1957Humphrey Bogart, American actor (born 1899)[†]
Humphrey DeForest Bogart, nicknamed Bogie, was an American actor. His performances in classic Hollywood cinema made him an American cultural icon. In 1999, the American Film Institute selected Bogart as the greatest male star of classic American cinema.
1957Kripalu Maharaj is named fifth Jagadguru (world teacher) after giving seven days of speeches before 500 Hindu scholars.[†]
Kripalu Ji Maharaj was an Indian spiritual guru. He was the founder of Prem Mandir in Vrindavan, one of the ten largest Hindu temples in the world. He was also the founder of Jagadguru Kripalu Parishat (JKP), a worldwide Hindu non-profit organization with five main ashrams, four in India and one in the United States.
In 1957, the world population was approximately 2,852,618,337 people[†]