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LONDON, July 17--Britain asked the Soviet Union today to agree to set up working parties to expedite progress on those aspects of disarmament on which some agreement had been achieved.
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Knowland and Humphrey offer amendment to repeal Reconstruction Era statute empowering Pres to use troops to enforce rights decrees of Fed cts; Eisenhower says he cannot 'imagine any set of circumstances' that would induce him to use troops to enforce decrees, news conf; indicates it may be going too far to give Justice Dept unrestricted power to bring injunction actions in such cases; many Repubs concerned over Part III scope; Watkins may offer restrictive amendment; Douglas says further debate on it may be needed 'to convince Pres he should return to position where he seemingly backed Part III'; Eisenhower says he has stressed protection of voting right from beginning, reply to query on how he would view bill confined only to that protection
Stoneham backs Giants move if San Francisco makes suitable proposal, House (Celler) subcom; would back it even if Dodgers stay in Bklyn; says NYC cannot support 3 teams; discusses pay TV issue; illus
hearings end; com challenges Cross to call a special conv to dissipate suspicion on union's integrity; Cross holds that useless
1957Nick Faldo, English golfer and sportscaster[†]
Sir Nicholas Alexander Faldo is an English retired professional golfer and television commentator. Widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time, he was renowned for his dedication to the game, and was ranked No. 1 on the Official World Golf Ranking for a total of 97 weeks. His 41 professional wins include 30 victories on the European Tour and six major championships: three Open Championships and three Masters.
1957Keith Levene, English guitarist, songwriter, and producer (died 2022)[†]
Julian Keith Levene was an English musician who was a founding member of both the Clash and Public Image Ltd (PiL). While Levene was in PiL, their 1978 debut album Public Image: First Issue reached No. 22 on the UK album charts, and its lead track "Public Image" broke the top 10 UK singles chart.
In 1957, the world population was approximately 2,852,618,337 people[†]