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urges Brit-USSR amity, backs talks on Eden proposal for demilitarized Eur zone, lr to Prime Min Macmillan
Rev J E Kelly warns Caths to shun Graham 'and his works' as peril to RC faith, article on Graham in Homiletic and Pastoral Rev (pub); holds Graham services decidedly Prot; warns Caths to shun Graham books, TV and radio programs; stresses Graham's power of persuasion
Egypt pub declaration giving final position on Canal; makes important concessions to West, including arbitration of disputes by internatl body; agrees to submit complaints of violations of Canal Code to internatl tribunal and let Internatl Ct decide differences arising from interpretations of Constantinople Conv of 1888; will collect all tolls; will set aside 25% of tolls for maintenance and development; toll increases ltd to 1% in 12 mos; other provisions cited; Egypt registers declaration with UN Secretariat; regards it as binding as a treaty; US requests Security Council meet
mobs riot in several cities; police quell mobs, Amman; Hussein blames internatl communism for crisis; Cabinet reptd ready to resign; gen strike backs Leftists; Govt closes border with Syria; Israeli radio says Iraq warns Egypt and Syria not to try to dismember Jordan
Govt protests alleged hostile campaign in US against reprs, note to US
1957Theo de Rooij, Dutch cyclist and manager[†]
Theo de Rooij is a retired Dutch former bicycle racer and former manager of the Rabobank cycling team - a position from which he resigned after the 2007 Tour de France. De Rooij was a professional rider from 1980 to 1990. He started his career in Belgian teams and the last eight years of his careers he served teams managed by Peter Post. He currently lives in Holten.
In 1957, the world population was approximately 2,852,618,337 people[†]