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MOSCOW, April 25--The Soviet Union's leaders insisted tonight they were not trying to export the Communist revolution.
Moscow radio scores US for 'blatant interference,'
NY County Com $50 dinner; 2200 attend; Mayor Wagner hails DeSapio leadership; DeSapio, Gov Harriman s; Boro Pres Jack attends
Estimate Bd rejects proposed project for Memorial Cancer Center, Sloan-Kettering Inst and Rockefeller Med Research Inst staffs, Yorkville; project opposed by Boro Pres Jack because of hardships for families to be relocated
daily output rose from 4,751,000 bbls '46 to 7,151,000 bbls '56 as compared to quadrupling of oil imports
1957Gichin Funakoshi, Japanese martial artist, founded Shotokan (born 1868)[†]
Gichin Funakoshi was the founder of Shotokan karate. He is known as a "father of modern karate". Following the teachings of Anko Itosu and Anko Asato, he was one of the Okinawan karate masters who introduced karate to the Japanese mainland in 1922, following its earlier introduction by his teacher Itosu. He taught karate at various Japanese universities and became honorary head of the Japan Karate Association upon its establishment in 1949. In addition to being a karate master, Funakoshi was an avid poet and philosopher. His son, Gigō Funakoshi, is widely credited with developing the foundation of the modern karate Shotokan style.
In 1957, the world population was approximately 2,852,618,337 people[†]