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The first nation-wide decrease in state mental hospital patients occurred last year, the National Mental Health Committee has reported. The decline was attributed to intensive therapy.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 19 -- President Eisenhower's friends, family and supporters streamed into the capital today for a three-day celebration of his second-term inauguration.
MOSCOW, Jan. 19--The Moscow-Peiping pledge of aid to countries of the Middle East clearly marks that area for heightened economic and ideological conflict between the Communist world and the West.
Rising operating costs have forced many of the nation's colleges and universities to increase their tuition 50 to 100 per cent in the last ten years.
WASHINGTON, Jan.19--Senate witnesses refused today to say whether funds of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters had been used to pay the personal bills of top officials of the union.
1957Andy Sheppard, English saxophonist and composer[†]
Andy Sheppard is a British jazz saxophonist and composer. He has been awarded several prizes at the British Jazz Awards, and has worked with some notable figures in contemporary jazz, including Gil Evans, Carla Bley, George Russell and Steve Swallow. In 2019 he was presented the degree of Doctor of Music honoris causa by the University of Bristol.
In 1957, the world population was approximately 2,852,618,337 people[†]