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May 13, 1957

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COLOMBIA JUNTA REVIVING RIGHTS; Parties Work With Military Chiefs to Speed Normality --Moves Widely Backed Normal Work to Resume Solemn Church Ceremonies COLOMBIA JUNTA REVIVING RIGHTS Assembly Is Suspended Rojas Expected in Madrid He Flies From Bermuda

By Tad Szulc Special To the New York Times

junta works fast to restore normalcy; chs celebrate return of freedom; papers resume pub; Rojas organ Diario Official closed; more Dept Govs being replaced; Rojas due in Madrid; illus with wife leaving Bermuda

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HUSSEIN MAY JOIN TALKS IN BAGHDAD; New Bond Among Monarchs of Jordan, Saudi Arabia and Iraq Predicted Iraqi Talks Continue HUSSEIN MAY JOIN TALKS IN BAGHDAD Pledge to Jordan Cited

By Unknown Author

Hussein may go to Iraq; Saud confs with Nuri, others; attends horse race in hon

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Eisenhower Joins Montgomery In Criticizing Meade and Lee; OLD SOLDIERS FIRE AT MEADE AND LEE 'A Monstrous Thing'

By Unknown Author

GETTYSBURG, Pa., May 12-- President Eisenhower and Field Marshal Viscount Montgomery refought the Battle of Gettysburg today and agreed that the Union and Confederate commanders should have been "sacked."

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HARRIMAN STUDIES LIMIT ON SICK PAY AS TAX EXEMPTION; May Put Item on Legislative Agenda at Special Session Scheduled for June 10 1957 INCOME AT ISSUE Governor Defends Chairman of Democratic Party After Attack by Buckley U.S. Has Ceiling '57 Return at Stake HARRIMAN SCANS LAW ON SICK PAY

By Douglas Dales

Harriman dissociates self from Buckley criticism

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WILMINGTON SEES INTEGRATION GAIN; Integration in Action at Schools in Wilmington, Del.

By Benjamin Fine Special To the New York Times.the New York Times (BY CARL T. GOSSETT JR.)

NY Times (B Fine) series on integration of teachers and pupils since Sup Ct edict; situation, Wilmington, Del, described; illus; table on integration in Del uses Southern Educ Reptg Service data

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1957Mar Roxas, Filipino economist and politician, 24th Secretary of the Interior and Local Government^[†]

Manuel "Mar" Araneta Roxas II is a Filipino politician who served as a Senator of the Philippines. He is the grandson and namesake of former Philippine President Manuel Roxas. He served in the Cabinet of the Philippines as Secretary of the Interior and Local Government from 2012 to 2015. Previously, he was the Secretary of Trade and Industry from 2000 to 2003 and Secretary of Transportation and Communications from 2011 to 2012. He is the son of former Senator Gerry Roxas.

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1957Michael Fekete, Hungarian-Israeli mathematician and academic (born 1886)^[†]

Michael (Mihály) Fekete was a Hungarian-Israeli mathematician.

Historical Context for May 13, 1957

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

Headlines from May 13, 1957

COLOMBIA JUNTA REVIVING RIGHTS; Parties Work With Military Chiefs to Speed Normality --Moves Widely Backed Normal Work to Resume Solemn Church Ceremonies COLOMBIA JUNTA REVIVING RIGHTS Assembly Is Suspended Rojas Expected in Madrid He Flies From Bermuda

HUSSEIN MAY JOIN TALKS IN BAGHDAD; New Bond Among Monarchs of Jordan, Saudi Arabia and Iraq Predicted Iraqi Talks Continue HUSSEIN MAY JOIN TALKS IN BAGHDAD Pledge to Jordan Cited

Eisenhower Joins Montgomery In Criticizing Meade and Lee; OLD SOLDIERS FIRE AT MEADE AND LEE 'A Monstrous Thing'

HARRIMAN STUDIES LIMIT ON SICK PAY AS TAX EXEMPTION; May Put Item on Legislative Agenda at Special Session Scheduled for June 10 1957 INCOME AT ISSUE Governor Defends Chairman of Democratic Party After Attack by Buckley U.S. Has Ceiling '57 Return at Stake HARRIMAN SCANS LAW ON SICK PAY

WILMINGTON SEES INTEGRATION GAIN; Integration in Action at Schools in Wilmington, Del.

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