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WASHINGTON, June 28-- President Eisenhower trimmed nearly half a billion dollars today from projected net outlays for military construction.
tidal waves hit Cameron area; estimated 120 dead; hundreds hurt; town reptd 90% destroyed; damage, survivors illus; map
US reaffirms policy that Israel has right to free passage through 'internatl waters' of Gulf, replies to Arab states May 24 notes
LONDON, June 28--Western delegates to disarmament talks here flew to Paris tonight to consult with their Atlantic pact allies.
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1957Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow, Turkmen dentist and politician, 2nd President of Turkmenistan[†]
Gurbanguly Mälikgulyýewiç Berdimuhamedow is a Turkmen politician and former dentist who is currently the chairman of the People's Council of Turkmenistan. He previously served as the second president of Turkmenistan from 2006 to 2022, when he entered into a power-sharing arrangement with his son, Serdar, the current president.
1957María Conchita Alonso, Cuban-Venezuelan singer and actress[†]
María Concepción Alonso Bustillo, better known as María Conchita Alonso, is a Cuban-born Venezuelan-American actress, singer, and beauty pageant titleholder who represented Venezuela at Miss World 1975 and placed in the top seven. She is most known to international audiences for playing Amber Mendez in the 1987 action thriller The Running Man.
1957Robert Forster, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist[†]
Robert Derwent Garth Forster is an Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist and music critic. In December 1977 he co-founded an indie rock group, the Go-Betweens, with fellow musician Grant McLennan. In 1980, Lindy Morrison joined the group on drums and backing vocals, and by 1981 Forster and Morrison were also lovers. In 1988, "Streets of Your Town", co-written by McLennan and Forster, became the band's highest-charting hit in both Australia and the United Kingdom. The follow-up single, "Was There Anything I Could Do?", was a number-16 hit on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart in the United States. In December 1989, after recording six albums, the Go-Betweens disbanded. Forster and Morrison had separated as a couple earlier, and Forster began his solo music career from 1990.
1957Michael Nutter, American politician, 98th Mayor of Philadelphia[†]
Michael Anthony Nutter is an American politician who served as the 98th Mayor of Philadelphia from 2008 to 2016. A member of the Democratic Party, he is also a former member of the Philadelphia City Council from the 4th district and had served as the 52nd Ward Democratic Leader until 1990. Nutter also served as the President of the United States Conference of Mayors from 2012 to 2013, and is a former member of the Homeland Security Advisory Council.
1957Terry Wyatt, English physicist and academic[†]
Terence Richard Wyatt is a Professor in the School of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Manchester, UK.
In 1957, the world population was approximately 2,852,618,337 people[†]