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Govt sets up labor fed representing 250,000 workers, bringing labor movement under Govt supervision; move seen another step in Nasser drive to control econ
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Sites chosen for US earth satellite-tracking cameras which will help in calculating exact earth measurements, IGY; plans; map
House adopts resolution to authorize Eisenhower program, 355-61, Rayburn and Martin role noted; Eisenhower backs Dulles, press conf; says Dulles' critics offer no constructive proposals; says he would not turn over personal correspondence with foreign govts to Sen probe; stresses it has not sought lrs; Radford testifies, Sen coms
Son Washington, in petition to find assets for estate, says father left $600,000 in securities in valise when he left NYC for Fla in '51 or '52; charges daughter Annette and husband D E Frankenstein hold them; couple deny it; hearing set; estate assets filed by son and daughter in '56 listed; State Crime Comm '52 hearing on Levy's assets recalled
1957Shirley Babashoff, American swimmer[†]
Shirley Frances Babashoff is an American former competition swimmer, Olympic champion, and former world record-holder in multiple events. Babashoff set six world records and earned a total of nine Olympic medals in her career. She won a gold medal in the 400-meter freestyle relay in both the 1972 and 1976 Olympics, and she won the 1975 world championship in both the 200-meter and 400-meter freestyle. During her career, she set 37 national records and for some time held all national freestyle records from the 100-meter to 800-meter event.
1957Eight people (five total crew from two aircraft and three on the ground) in Pacoima, California are killed following the mid-air collision between a Douglas DC-7 airliner and a Northrop F-89 Scorpion fighter jet.[†]
Pacoima is a neighborhood in Los Angeles, California. It is one of the oldest neighborhoods in the San Fernando Valley region of LA.
In 1957, the world population was approximately 2,852,618,337 people[†]