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special com rept to Wagner advises that city employes devoting all or most of their time to union activities should be placed on leave of absence without pay; Wagner seen approving rept as guide for all depts
pay rises for justices and move to create 25 more justiceships weighed
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Macmillan assures French that GB will not withdraw from Eur 'on tiptoe,' s, Paris; French accept need for Brit cuts but assured cuts will not be drastic or speedy; Macmillan comments, London
UNEF stops Arab demonstration for return to Egypt; shoots over heads of rioters; uses tear gas; Burns repts incident; doubts casualties; governing com apptd for city of Gaza; Col Engholm (Denmark) made mil gov; Israel gives asylum to 105 families of Arabs who cooperated with Israel during occupation; Bunche denies he might be made UN comr; illus; map
1957Qasem Soleimani, Former Iranian commander of the Quds Force (died 2020)[†]
Qasem Soleimani was an Iranian military officer who served in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). From 1998 until his assassination by the United States in 2020, he was the commander of the Quds Force, an IRGC division primarily responsible for extraterritorial and clandestine military operations, and played a key role in the Syrian Civil War through securing Russian intervention. He was described as "the single most powerful operative in the Middle East" and a "genius of asymmetric warfare." Former Mossad director Yossi Cohen said Soleimani's strategies had "personally tightened a noose around Israel's neck."
1957Richard E. Byrd, American admiral and explorer (born 1888)[†]
Richard Evelyn Byrd Jr. was an American naval officer, and pioneering aviator, polar explorer, and organizer of polar logistics. Aircraft flights in which he served as a navigator and expedition leader crossed the Atlantic Ocean, a segment of the Arctic Ocean, and a segment of the Antarctic Plateau. He is also known for discovering Mount Sidley, the largest dormant volcano in Antarctica.
In 1957, the world population was approximately 2,852,618,337 people[†]