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satellite instruments given 1st aerial test in Aerobee-Hi rocket fired to 126-mi altitude, White Sands Proving Ground; test reptd successful; illus
pay rises for top officers approved
signs pact; country to be known as State of Singapore, remain within Brit Commonwealth; GB to retain strong controls; Lim Yew Hock voices 'shock' at last minute condition that persons known as subversive be barred from election to 1st legis assembly; other const provisions
data on Norman traced to '50 Army G-2 (intelligence) rept that subcom obtained; rept contained security data provided by FBI, some data attribited to Royal Canadian Mounted Police; contained repts of Norman assn with Communists at one time or another; material in rept came up during subcom Mar 12 exec hearing but clues to its origin were omitted when it was pub Mar 14; Heeney confs with Eisenhower; says Pres asked him to express regrets to St Laurent; says Pres stressed US concern; Eastland and Jenner issue, then try to withdraw, statement that State Dept cleared for pub transcript of Mar 12 testimony; Dept aide says Cartwright authorized pub of Emmerson testimony which contained no adverse ref to Norman and that subcom had interpreted this to mean clearance of whole transcript; Morris, in linking Norman to Communists, relied on Wittfogel testimony and repts that Norman was recalled from Japan by Canada when certain Communist links, specifically I Halperin, were discovered; Canadian Embassy denies Norman was ever recalled under such circumstances; conflict between State Dept and Watkins views on Dept clearance of rept for pub noted; Heeney illus
Dr H el Khalidi attempt to form Cabinet blocked by Leftists and Natl Socialists; 4 parties backing Nabulsi meet; issue statement; reaction to crisis, Israel; US experts doubtful on outcome
1957Greg Child, Australian mountaineer and author[†]
Greg Child is an Australian-born rock climber, mountaineer, author and filmmaker.
1957Vince Gill, American singer-songwriter and guitarist[†]
Vincent Grant Gill is an American singer, songwriter, and musician. He played in a number of local bluegrass bands in the 1970s, and from 1978 to 1982, he achieved his first mainstream attention after taking over as lead singer of the soft rock band Pure Prairie League. Gill sang lead on their hit single "Let Me Love You Tonight" in addition to writing several of their songs. After leaving Pure Prairie League, Gill briefly played guitar in Rodney Crowell's backing band the Cherry Bombs before beginning a solo career in country music in 1984. Gill recorded for RCA Records Nashville from then until 1988 with minimal success. A year later he signed with MCA Nashville and has recorded for them since.
1957Tama Janowitz, American novelist and short story writer[†]
Tama Janowitz is an American novelist and a short story writer. She is often referenced as one of the main "brat pack" authors, along with Bret Easton Ellis and Jay McInerney. Her novel-in-stories Slaves of New York (1986) was adapted into the movie of the same name in 1989.
In 1957, the world population was approximately 2,852,618,337 people[†]