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Cong passes bill
The 40,000 commuters who travel to the city on the New York Central Railroad must pay a 15 per cent increase. In addition, service on the line's Putnam Division will be reduced.
1st blast, Nev, delayed because of weather
Teamsters bookkeeper McDonald testifies Beck repaid $100,000 to union in last 2 wks, paid back total of $370,000 in less than 3 yrs; Beck testifies; refuses to answer questions on finances; denies pact with Montgomery Ward during '55 proxy fight; will seek re-election; Sen Kennedy scores role of some cos in Beck's activities; McClellan challenges Teamsters to 'clean own house'; ACLU charges due process violation in Sen probe methods
12 officials and inspectors resigned, 1 indicted for extortion in shakeup of LI office
1957Pascual PĂ©rez, Dominican baseball player (died 2012)[â ]
Pascual Gross PĂ©rez was a Dominican professional baseball player who pitched in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Atlanta Braves, Montreal Expos, and New York Yankees from 1980 to 1991. He was an MLB All-Star in 1983 with the Braves.
In 1957, the world population was approximately 2,852,618,337 people[â ]