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February 2, 1957

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U.S. TO INSTRUCT NATO ON MISSILES; Plans to Bring Allied Aides Here in Spring to Learn the Use of Weapons U.S. TO INSTRUCT NATO ON MISSILES Wilson Pledge Recalled Manpower Accord Seen

By Jack Raymond Special To the New York Times

100 Eur instructors to train in US in guided missiles use

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HARRIMAN OFFERS A RECORD BUDGET OF $1,617,400,000; Asks Extension of Tax Slash Up to $35 for Individuals and New Cut for Firms HINTS AT 'GAS' LEVY RISE Education Gets Major Share of 175 Million Increase in Expenditures by State Governor Warns on Delay HARRIMAN OFFERS A RECORD BUDGET Tax Increases Anticipated Technical Pay Rises Urged Tax Cuts Explained

By Leo Egan Special To the New York Times

ALBANY, Feb. 1--Governor Harriman submitted a $1,617,400,000 budget to the Legislature today. It was his third and the first in the state's history to pass the billion and a half dollar mark.

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22 DIE, 72 SURVIVE AS PLANE FALLS ON RIKERS ISLAND DURING TAKE-OFF FOR FLORIDA IN HEAVY SNOW STORM; AIRLINER BURNS Wing Is Shorn Off-- Pilot Thinks Ship Struck a Pole Left Wing Sheared Off Prisoners Help in Rescue AIRLINER CRASHES ON RIKERS ISLAND Former Army Transport Stewardess Tells of Escape

By Meyer Bergerthe New York Timesassociated Pressthe New York Timesthe New York Times (BY EDWARD HAUSNER)

scene described; victims' accts

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4 Cities Marshal Agencies To Ease 'Growing Pains'; Los Angeles, Miami, St. Louis and Toronto Align Agencies to Ease Growth SOLUTIONS LINKED TO WIDE PLANNING How to Govern? Trade Moves Out Miami St. Louis Citizens Plan Program Toronto

By Gladwin Hill Special To the New York Times.by Clayton Knowles Special To the New York Times.special To the New York Times.by H.w. Patterson Special To the New York Times

US urbanization series

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Dulles Is Optimistic On Talks With Saud; DULLES HOPEFUL OF SAUDI ACCORD Firm Agreement Expected Saud Praises U.S. on Policy

By Russell Baker Special To the New York Times

Dulles says many misunderstandings about US policy were cleared up in Eisenhower talks with King Saud

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1957Phil Barney, Algerian-French singer-songwriter^[†]

Phil Barney is a French singer-songwriter. He was particularly successful with his 1987 song "Un Enfant de toi".

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1957Grigory Landsberg, Russian physicist and academic (born 1890)^[†]

Grigory Samuilovich Landsberg was a Soviet physicist who worked in the fields of optics and spectroscopy. Together with Leonid Mandelstam he co-discovered inelastic combinational scattering of light, which is known as Raman scattering.

Historical Context for February 2, 1957

In 1957, the world population was approximately 2,852,618,337 people^[†]

Headlines from February 2, 1957

U.S. TO INSTRUCT NATO ON MISSILES; Plans to Bring Allied Aides Here in Spring to Learn the Use of Weapons U.S. TO INSTRUCT NATO ON MISSILES Wilson Pledge Recalled Manpower Accord Seen

22 DIE, 72 SURVIVE AS PLANE FALLS ON RIKERS ISLAND DURING TAKE-OFF FOR FLORIDA IN HEAVY SNOW STORM; AIRLINER BURNS Wing Is Shorn Off-- Pilot Thinks Ship Struck a Pole Left Wing Sheared Off Prisoners Help in Rescue AIRLINER CRASHES ON RIKERS ISLAND Former Army Transport Stewardess Tells of Escape

4 Cities Marshal Agencies To Ease 'Growing Pains'; Los Angeles, Miami, St. Louis and Toronto Align Agencies to Ease Growth SOLUTIONS LINKED TO WIDE PLANNING How to Govern? Trade Moves Out Miami St. Louis Citizens Plan Program Toronto

Dulles Is Optimistic On Talks With Saud; DULLES HOPEFUL OF SAUDI ACCORD Firm Agreement Expected Saud Praises U.S. on Policy

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