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WASHINGTON, July 18-- More than 760 exchange students from thirty foreign countries were welcomed at the White House by President Eisenhower today. He expressed the hope that their ...
Sec Dulles offers to let ltd number of US newsmen work in Communist China for 6-mo trial period, conf with 5 indus reprs; they object to limitation; State Dept plans survey of news orgns to see how many want reprs in China; W Dwight comments
rights forces seek to stem movement to soften text of bill; Knowland hints further alterations in Part III; Neuberger attacks Eisenhower stand; urges he take harder line in backing bill 'as is'; Knowland chides Neuberger; Javits urges unaltered Part III
Stoneham repts Giants will quit NY after current season; sees NYC-built stadium or move to Yankee Stadium only alternatives; has not heard from San Francisco since May 12; says move is not contingent on Dodgers move; defends O'Malley
Three Air France planes were ordered to land as soon as possible last night when an anonymous telephone caller told the airline's office here: "There's a bomb on your plane."
1957The largely autobiographical novel The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold by Evelyn Waugh was published.[†]
An autobiographical novel, also known as an autobiographical fiction, fictional autobiography, or autobiographical fiction novel, is a type of novel which uses autofiction techniques, or the merging of autobiographical and fictive elements. The literary technique is distinguished from a typical autobiography or memoir by being a work of fiction presented in the same fashion as a typical non-fiction autobiography by "imitating the conventions of an autobiography."
In 1957, the world population was approximately 2,852,618,337 people[†]