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Sen (Kennedy) subcom hearing on Adm bill to protect welfare funds; Sen Douglas scores exemption of plans run by employers; calls bill 'toothless cripple'; Sec Mitchell testifies; offers revised bill that covers employer-run plans; admits picking up some ideas from Douglas bill; Douglas revises estimate of Adm bill
W Ger proposes Eur security moves including demilitarized zone, memo to USSR
TAIPEI, Taiwan, May 27--The Nationalist Chinese Government categorically denied today that any official or political organization was involved in last Friday's riots here.
H J Klein to seek Dem nomination; scores Cashmore
1957Colin Barnes, English footballer[†]
Colin Barnes is an English former professional footballer born in Notting Hill, London, who played as a forward in the Football League for Torquay United.
1957Kirk Gibson, American baseball player and manager[†]
Kirk Harold Gibson is an American former professional baseball outfielder and manager. Gibson spent most of his career in Major League Baseball (MLB) with the Detroit Tigers, but also played for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Kansas City Royals, and Pittsburgh Pirates. He batted and threw left-handed. He is currently a special assistant for the Tigers.
1957Ben Howland, American basketball player and coach[†]
Benjamin Clark Howland is an American college basketball coach who most recently served as the men's head coach at Mississippi State University from to 2015 to 2022. He served as the head men's basketball coach at Northern Arizona University from 1994 to 1999, the University of Pittsburgh from 1999 to 2003, and the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) from 2003 to 2013. Howland became the first men's coach in modern college basketball history to be fired shortly after winning an outright power-conference title. He is one of the few NCAA Division I coaches to take four teams to the NCAA tournament.
In 1957, the world population was approximately 2,852,618,337 people[†]