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Tex Gov Daniel urges Eisenhower to discuss Tex 'misunderstood' stand on output with Tex agency member Lt Gen Thompson
French reptdly kill 25 Algerians in clash inside Tunisian border; Salan repts 700 rebels killed in wk; Algiers has 1st terrorist incident in 15 days
Israel adamant; Asian-African bloc spokesman Amb Rifai (Jordan) confs with Hammarskjold; tells him bloc will seek sanctions
Chancellor Adenauer holds USSR policy near turning point, news conf, Bonn; cites conditions in E Eur and fact that atomic retaliation would follow any surprise attack
Repub Chmn Morhouse charges Harriman conjures up imaginary real estate lobby seeking to end controls in order to distract attention from bill to allow rent rises; Bays Repub Legis leaders announced wks ago NYC controls would be extended with little change; says Harriman had to 'crack whip' to force Dem leaders to sponsor bill; Dem Chmn Prendergast replies
1957Terry McAuliffe, American businessman and politician, 72nd Governor of Virginia[†]
Terence Richard McAuliffe is an American businessman and politician who served as the 72nd governor of Virginia from 2014 to 2018. A member of the Democratic Party, he was co-chairman of President Bill Clinton's 1996 reelection campaign, co-chairman of the 1997 Presidential Inaugural Committee, chairman of the 2000 Democratic National Convention, chairman of the Democratic National Committee from 2001 to 2005 and chairman of Hillary Clinton's 2008 presidential campaign.
1957Gordon Strachan, Scottish footballer and manager[†]
Gordon David Strachan is a Scottish former football coach and player who is currently Technical Director of Dundee. He played for Dundee, Aberdeen, Manchester United, Leeds United and Coventry City, as well as the Scotland national team. He has since managed Coventry City, Southampton, Celtic, Middlesbrough and Scotland.
1957Miklós Horthy, Hungarian admiral and politician, Regent of Hungary (born 1868)[†]
Miklós Horthy de Nagybánya was a Hungarian admiral and statesman who was the regent of the Kingdom of Hungary during the interwar period and most of World War II, from 1 March 1920 to 15 October 1944.
In 1957, the world population was approximately 2,852,618,337 people[†]