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approved by Assembly, 240-194; illus
Sen opens debate; Norstad testimony to Green com pub; Green holds bill will improve program; charges Adm lagged in presenting requests; Wiley backs program
Lt Gen Gavin declares missiles can provide complete defense against bombers and ballistic missiles, Sen subcom; sees missile defense replacing strategic air power as chief deterrent factor; urges giving Army primary role in anti-intercontinental missile defense; shows films of Nike and Hawk destroying drone bombers and jet interceptors
US tells USSR that UN, not Big-4 parley, it place for efforts to aid Mideast peace; stresses proposed Big-4 declaration is not needed because US policy is based on opposition to force; Brit note rejects USSR charge Baghdad Pact is used to interfere in Mideast states' affairs; rejects proposed Big-4 declaration
Eisenhower reptdly says he wants program to expire before he leaves office lest it become permanent, reply to Repr Brown; Brown repts Ohio opposed to bill
1957Ron Areshenkoff, Canadian ice hockey player (died 2019)[†]
Ronald Areshenkoff was a Canadian professional ice hockey centre. He was drafted in the second round, 32nd overall, by the Buffalo Sabres in the 1977 NHL amateur draft. He played in four games in the National Hockey League with the Edmonton Oilers, going scoreless. He died in 2019 in his hometown of Grand Forks after a long illness.
1957Roy Cooper, American lawyer and politician, 75th Governor of North Carolina[†]
Roy Asberry Cooper III is an American attorney and politician who served as the 75th governor of North Carolina from 2017 to 2025. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the 50th attorney general of North Carolina from 2001 to 2017, and in the North Carolina General Assembly, in both the House, from 1987 to 1991, and the Senate, from 1991 to 2001.
1957Bruce Flowers, American basketball player[†]
Bruce Flowers is an American former professional basketball player. At a height of 2.04 m tall, he played as a power forward. Flowers is one of the few American players to have won all three of the different major European titles during his playing era, meaning the EuroLeague, as well as the now defunct FIBA Saporta Cup and FIBA Korać Cup competitions.
1957Andrzej Morozowski, Polish journalist and author[†]
Andrzej Morozowski is a Polish journalist, television personality and writer, connected with Radio ZET and TVN 24.
1957Dicky Thompson, American golfer[†]
Dicky Thompson is an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour and the Nationwide Tour.
1957Irving Baxter, American high jumper and pole vaulter (born 1876)[†]
Irving Knott Baxter was an American athlete, who won the gold medal in both the men's high jump and the pole vault at the 1900 Summer Olympics, in Paris, France.
In 1957, the world population was approximately 2,852,618,337 people[†]