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April 13, 1957

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U.S. SAID TO DEFER SHIPING IN AQABA DURING SUEZ TALK; Embargo Pledge Reported Given Cairo After Protest on Tanker's Passage

By Osgood Caruthers Special To the New York Times

US reptdly assures Egypt no more US vessels will use Gulf during negotiations on Suez Canal; Egypt protests US tanker's entry; Israel hopes US and other maritime powers will urge Saudi Arabia not to curb Israeli shipping

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President Plants Tree at White House, and It's 'Fun'; PRESIDENT PLANTS TREE AND IT'S 'FUN'

By Special to The New York Times

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EISENHOWER SPURS G.O.P. ON '58 RACE; He Tells 8-State Conference It Is on the Right Track-- Alcorn Maps Strategy

By Donald Janson Special To the New York Times

Eisenhower backs mapping campaign now, phone s to conf; urges action at local level; Alcorn, Sen Schoeppel, Repr Simpson comment

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18 German Physicists Bar; Four Nobel Prize Winners Join Protest Against Arms for Bonn's Force-- All Wary of Radioactive Fallout

By M.s. Handler Special To the New York Times

18 leading physicists say they will not help mfr, test or use weapons; protest Govt plan for equipping forces

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U.N.CHIEF IN VITED TO VISIT BUDAPEST; Trip Hammarskjold Sought in Fall Now Authorized-- Acceptance in Doubt

By Special to The New York Times

Hungary says Hammarskjold visit would now be 'welcome'; repr to UN P Mod extends inv; Hammarskjold silent; not expected to accept

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Historical Context for April 13, 1957

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