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New bldg discussed in light of order to scrap all but 1 of existing destroyers
Ford Foundation gives $500,000 to spur exchs between Poland and US and W Eur; Dr Heald says grant is Foundation's 1st to be shared by E Eur nation; cites possible reverses in view of problems involved; S Stone, on whose study program is based, plans return to Poland to make specific arrangements for exchs; says program will not duplicate that Rockefeller Foundation may adopt
A A Sobolev (USSR) charges US with endangering Mideast peace by 6th Fleet move, s, UN Security Council; Amb Lodge (US), M al Shabandar (Iraq) and Sir P Dixon (GB) deny charge; USSR broadcasts that Israel mobilizes on Jordanian border; Israeli denial
Security Council meets; US agrees to try Egyptian plan; Security Council members accept Lodge recommendation for trial; Lodge criticizes declaration; Dixon reserves final decision; Georges-Picot and Dr Walker (Australia) urge further talks; stress unilateral nature of declaration; uphold Israel's right to use Canal; Sobolev sees Canal dispute settled; Loutfi reiterates Egypt's position; Israel warns Council discrimination may eventually extend to others
1957Dietmar Keck, Austrian politician[†]
Dietmar Keck is an Austrian politician and member of the National Council. A member of the Social Democratic Party, he has represented Greater Linz since December 2002.
1957Willie Upshaw, American baseball player and manager[†]
Willie Clay Upshaw is an American former Major League Baseball player who played first base for the Toronto Blue Jays and Cleveland Indians (1988), both of the American League.
In 1957, the world population was approximately 2,852,618,337 people[†]