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July 15, 1957

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Headlines from July 15, 1957

U.S. BAR SESSION HEARS U.N. PLEAS FOR RULE OF LAW; Wadsworth and Munro of New Zealand Speak at Convocation Here MEETINGS BEGIN TODAY Convention Will Adjourn to London Later--8,000 Are Expected to Attend Revolt in Hungary Cited Power of Persuasion Welcome Extended National Bar Group Hears Plea For Rule by Law Through U.N.

By Luther A. Hustonthe New York Times (BY ALLYN BAUM)

The role of the United Nations in strengthening the rule of law as a way to preserve peace was described yesterday to members of the American Bar Association.

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CONGRESS DELAYS KEY BILLS SOUGHT BY THE PRESIDENT; Some Measures Cast Aside and Others Put Off, With a Chance to Pass in '58 PARTISAN ISSUES RAISED Republicans Stress Rights, Democrats Economy for Next Year's Elections Aid to Schools Doubtful Alaska Bill Stalled EISENHOWER BILLS LAG IN CONGRESS Protest on Farm Policy Senate Still to Act Natural Gas Bill Pending

By John D. Morris Special To the New York Times

Sen immobilized by rights fight; Cong has cast aside sizable part of Eisenhower program but rights fight not held directly responsible; list of major bills on which action is doubtful, including those that may be campaign issues

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Notable Births

Cecile Richards

1957Cecile Richards, American activist and former Planned Parenthood president (died 2025)[†]

Cecile Richards was an American activist who served as the president of both the Planned Parenthood Federation of America and its affiliated Planned Parenthood Action Fund from 2006 to 2018. In 2010, Richards was elected to the Ford Foundation board of trustees. In spring 2019, Richards co-founded Supermajority, a women's political action group.

Notable Deaths

James M. Cox

1957James M. Cox, American publisher and politician, 46th Governor of Ohio (born 1870)[†]

James Middleton Cox was an American businessman and politician who served as the 46th and 48th governor of Ohio, and a two-term U.S. Representative from Ohio. As the Democratic nominee for President of the United States at the 1920 presidential election, he lost in a landslide to fellow Ohioan Warren G. Harding. His running mate was future president Franklin D. Roosevelt. He founded the chain of newspapers that continues today as Cox Enterprises, a media conglomerate.

Vasily Maklakov

1957Vasily Maklakov, a Russian lawyer and politician (born 1869)[†]

Vasily Alekseyevich Maklakov was a Russian student activist, a trial lawyer and liberal parliamentary deputy, an orator, and one of the leaders of the Constitutional Democratic Party, notable for his advocacy of a constitutional Russian state. He served as deputy in the (radical) Second, and conservative Third and Fourth State Duma. According to Stephen F. Williams Maklakov is "an inviting lens to which to view at the last years of Tsarism".

Historical Context for July 15, 1957

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