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Dulles confirms US hopes to settle dispute by having UN obtain advisory ruling from Internatl Ct, press conf
USSR proposes temporary nuclear tests ban, statement read by L F Ilyichev at Moscow news conf; blames West for ban lack; silent on proposal for observers at tests; USSR press scores Eisenhower and Macmillan for not accepting ban
Councilman Sharkey backs City Council resolution urging NYS legis pass pending bills calling for alternate approach route in place of planned $50-million route through Bay Ridge sec; clashes with Councilmen Barnes, Isaacs; resolution defeated
JOINT Cs/S: Gen Twining, Chmn; Gen Taylor to continue as Army C/S; Gen White apptd USAF C/S; Adm Burke reapptd CNO
bldg of Israel pipeline illus
1957Kostas Vasilakakis, Greek footballer and manager[†]
Kostas Vasilakakis is a Greek football manager and former footballer. His career began in 1973 at the age of 16 when he signed a contract with Panthrakikos. He was transferred to Doxa Drama in 1981 and fought in Alpha Ethniki for thirteen years. He ended his career as footballer of Doxa Drama in 1995 at the age of 38.
1957Stephen Dillane, English actor[†]
Stephen John Dillane is a British actor. He is best known for his roles as Leonard Woolf in the 2002 film The Hours, Stannis Baratheon in the HBO fantasy series Game of Thrones (2012–2015) and Thomas Jefferson in the HBO miniseries John Adams (2008), a part which earned him a Primetime Emmy nomination. An experienced stage actor who has been called an "actor's actor", Dillane won a Tony Award for his lead performance in Tom Stoppard's play The Real Thing (2000) and gave critically acclaimed performances in Angels in America (1993), Hamlet (1990), and a one-man Macbeth (2005). His television work has additionally garnered him BAFTA and International Emmy Awards for best actor.
In 1957, the world population was approximately 2,852,618,337 people[†]