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Acting Treas Gilsten repts fiscal '57 collections at record $876,451,702; links improved collection methods; repts on uncollected levies
AEC, Maritime Adm hold symposium, Washington, on Govt program; Morse says keel of 1st craft will be laid in spring, with launching in '58 and sailing in '60; craft described; drawing; ship seen able to run 350,000 mi or 3 1/2 yrs on 1 change of fuel; Amer Radiator & Standard Sanitary div study sponsored by Govt sees nuclear power more econ than conventional at speeds above 20 knots and on trips of 20,000 or more mi
US, with approval of NATO allies, prepared to offer USSR 2 proposals for aerial inspection zones to guard against surprise attack one would include all of USSR and US, the other Eur from Irish coast to Urals; Dulles confs with Western reprs on subcom; stresses need to complete presentation of proposals
Kohler wins Repub primary, Proxmire Dem; campaign seen neither test of Eisenhower appeal nor of McCarthyism; primary candidates views discussed; many Dems seen to have voted for Kohler
rejects N Leopold plea to cut sentence imposed for '24 slaying of R Franks, statement
1957Daniel Ash, English singer-songwriter and guitarist[†]
Daniel Gaston Ash is an English musician, songwriter and singer. He became prominent in the late 1970s as the guitarist for the goth rock band Bauhaus, which spawned two related bands led by Ash: Tones on Tail and Love and Rockets. Recently, he reunited with bandmate Kevin Haskins to form Poptone, a retrospective of their respective careers, featuring Kevin's daughter Diva Dompe on bass. He has also recorded several solo albums. Several guitarists have listed Ash as an influence, including Dave Navarro of Jane's Addiction, Kim Thayil of Soundgarden, Hide of X Japan and John Frusciante of the Red Hot Chili Peppers.
1957Mark Thompson, English business executive[†]
Sir Mark John Thompson is a British–American media executive who is Chairman of the Board of Directors of Ancestry, the largest for-profit genealogy company in the world, and Chief Executive Officer of the Cable News Network (CNN). He is the former president and chief executive officer of The New York Times Company. From 2004 to 2012, he was Director-General of the BBC, and before that was the Chief Executive of Channel 4. In 2009 Thompson was ranked as the 65th most powerful person in the world by Forbes magazine. He was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 2017.
In 1957, the world population was approximately 2,852,618,337 people[†]