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US aid activities in SE Iran reptd suspended, Premier Ala may resign over killing of Point Four employes by bandits; Washington doubts aid suspension
Hammarskjold repts UNEF will help Egyptian Adm prevent infiltration into Israel; Hammarskjold's Advisory Com, in message to Egypt, warns if arrangements prove unsatisfactory, com will take up 'further proposals' to insure satisfactory conditions for functioning of UNEF
Mayor Wagner exec budget asks $469,446,797 for fiscal '58, largest item in budget
Times survey on area; discusses US search for policy to keep peace and counter USSR bloc penetration, growth of Arab nationalism, creation of Israel in accord with Balfour Declaration and effects of Arab-Israeli conflict; country-by-country rev and analysis; chronology of events since '48; biog notes on Mideast leaders; maps; illus
Johnson urges Adm begin 'cost-conscious' campaign
1957Caroline Dean, English biologist and academic[†]
Dame Caroline Dean is a British plant scientist working at the John Innes Centre. She is focused on understanding the molecular controls used by plants to seasonally judge when to flower. She is specifically interested in vernalisation — the acceleration of flowering in plants by exposure to periods of prolonged cold. She has also served on the Life Sciences jury for the Infosys Prize from 2018.
1957Hank Steinbrenner, American businessman (died 2020)[†]
Henry George Steinbrenner III was an American businessman who was a part owner and co-chairman of the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball (MLB). He was the older brother of the team's principal owner and managing general partner Hal Steinbrenner.
In 1957, the world population was approximately 2,852,618,337 people[†]