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February 20, 1957

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Headlines from February 20, 1957

ATOM POWER FEUD DIVIDES THE A.E.C.; Strauss Backs G.O.P. Plan on Private Development-- Murray Bids U.S. Act Joint Hearings Begin Weapons Also at Issue ATOM POWER FEUD SPLITS THE A.E.C.

By John W. Finney Special To the New York Times

Cong com under Repr Ducham opens hearings; AEC split over Adm program; Strauss defends 'partnership' approach, Comr Murray favors Govt development of plants 'on urgent basis'; Strauss denies US lags in reactor development, reply to Gore; repts 19 private plants will be operating, '62; notes 3 more utility groups plan plants; Murray renews proposal for Govt $300-million program

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DEMOCRATS URGE PRESIDENT FIGHT ISRAEL SANCTIONS; Senate Policy Group in Plea as Eisenhower Returns for Bipartisan Parley JOHNSON LEADS ACTION Party Chiefs Endorse Letter to Dulles Calling on U.S. to Resist U.N. Move President Sees Dulles DEMOCRATS URGE SANCTIONS FIGHT $200,000,000 in Aid Rabbis Praise Johnson

By William S. White Special To the New York Times

Sen Dem Policy Com unanimously endorses Johnson Feb 11 lr to Dulles urging US oppose sanctions; Eisenhower confs with Dulles, Lodge, Washington; Cong opposition to sanctions cited; Johnson notes Dulles did not reply to lr; Asst Sec Hill comments; NY Rabbis Bd lauds Johnson stand

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Naval Planes Err, Fire on Lighthouse; Navy Planes Err, Fire Rockets At Lighthouse in Chesapeake Ray

By Special to The New York Times

3 planes on routine rocket-training flight accidentally fire on USCG Holland Is Bar lighthouse, Cheaspeake Bay; map; lighthouse crew unhurt; probe begun

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Dulles Warns Egyptians Not to Slow Suez Work; Syria Also Admonished Dulles Warns Egypt on Delaying The Reopening of the Suez Canal Hopeful of Withdrawal Other Views Expressed

By Dana Adams Schmidt Special To the New York Times

Dulles says US would deplore reopening delay, press conf; US officials rept indications Egypt will prevent clearance until Israel withdraws; Amb Hare, in conf with Nasser, indicated US objections

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Syrian Exile Slain in Lebanon; Relations of Two Nations Tense; KEY SYRIAN EXILE SLAIN IN LEBANON

By Sam Pope Brewer Special To the New York Times

assassination of exiled Syrian Col Jedid in Beirut further strains relations

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1957Glen Hanlon, Canadian ice hockey player and coach^[†]

Glen A. Hanlon is a Canadian ice hockey coach, executive and former goaltender.

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1957Sadri Maksudi Arsal, Turkish scholar and politician (born 1878)^[†]

Sadri Maksudi Arsal was one of the leading figures in the national awakening of Tatars in Russia during the early 1900s. He worked as a writer, lawyer, politician, professor, lecturer, researcher of Turkic languages and a delegate of the League of Nations. He was the president of the short-lived Idel-Ural State.

Historical Context for February 20, 1957

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

Headlines from February 20, 1957

ATOM POWER FEUD DIVIDES THE A.E.C.; Strauss Backs G.O.P. Plan on Private Development-- Murray Bids U.S. Act Joint Hearings Begin Weapons Also at Issue ATOM POWER FEUD SPLITS THE A.E.C.

Naval Planes Err, Fire on Lighthouse; Navy Planes Err, Fire Rockets At Lighthouse in Chesapeake Ray

Dulles Warns Egyptians Not to Slow Suez Work; Syria Also Admonished Dulles Warns Egypt on Delaying The Reopening of the Suez Canal Hopeful of Withdrawal Other Views Expressed

Syrian Exile Slain in Lebanon; Relations of Two Nations Tense; KEY SYRIAN EXILE SLAIN IN LEBANON

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