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House, 379-38 passes bill; Sen com chmn Johnston clears it for Sen action; Hagerty repts Eisenhower still opposed
Brit give rebels 24 hrs to leave points they seized or face RAF 'show of strength' on behalf of Sultan; Brit Pol Resident Sir B Burrows repts rebels warned by leaflets; says rebels use automatic weapons 'never before seen in the area'; Lloyd repts to Parliament on decision to use RAF; confs with US Amb Whitney; rebels rumored to have US arms supplied by Saudi Arabia; US State Dept press aide White terms 'baseless' London press allegations that basis of conflict is rivalry between US and Brit oil interests; Brit Amb Caccia confs with US Sec Dulles; GB seen avoiding hasty mil action without prior consultation with US; map
Natl Liberation Front denies secret Tunis talks, M Yazid lr to UN; says repts were circulated to offset Asian-Arab move in UN; sees no immediate prospect for talks; P Mendes-France proposes fed system for N Africa in which Algerian conflict would be solved in larger framework; Bourges-Maunoury notes difficulty of plan, s, Paris; outlines new law he plans for Algeria
Kasper, 6 others convicted of criminal contempt by white jury, Knoxville; illus; jury foreman P May comments; NAACP hails convictions, bd chmn Tobias statement; Kasper to protest integration, Nashville
Harriman opposes his handling both accts; Harriman reptdly confs with DeSapio on matter
1957Pam Tillis, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress[†]
Pamela Yvonne Tillis is an American country music singer, songwriter, record producer, and actress. She is the eldest child of country singer Mel Tillis. After recording unsuccessful pop material for Elektra and Warner Records in the early 1980s, Tillis shifted to country music. In 1989, she signed with Arista Nashville, entering top-40 on Hot Country Songs for the first time with "Don't Tell Me What to Do" in 1990. This was the first of five singles from her breakthrough album Put Yourself in My Place.
1957Sacha Guitry, French actor and director (born 1885)[†]
Alexandre-Pierre Georges "Sacha" Guitry was a French stage actor, film actor, director, screenwriter, and playwright of the boulevard theatre. He was the son of a leading French actor, Lucien Guitry, and followed his father into the theatrical profession. He became known for his stage performances, particularly in boulevardier roles. He was also a prolific playwright, writing 115 plays throughout his career. He was married five times, always to rising actresses whose careers he furthered. Probably his best-known wife was Yvonne Printemps to whom he was married between 1919 and 1932.
In 1957, the world population was approximately 2,852,618,337 people[†]