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WASHINGTON, Aug. 2--The Senate and House of Representatives gave speedy approval today to a bill reviving the Small Business Administration and increasing its lending authority.
State Dept assures Cuba there was no intent to interfere in internal affairs, statement after 'inquiry' by Amb Campa on Smith conduct; rebels appeal to UN on pol prisoners treatment
Sen finishes all vital work on bill
Hammarskjold defends UN against charge it applied 'double standard' in dealing with '56 Mideast and Hungarian crises, annual rept
Eisenhower scores vote; confs with Cabinet; dictates comment to Hagerty in unusual move; indicates he would rather have no bill than accept weakening amendments; says amendment will weaken judicial system, frustrate bill aim of protecting Negro voting rights; hails Knowland, others who followed him; Potter describes Pres mood; Knowland would vote for Sen version of bill in hope it will be hardened in confs with House; Reprs Martin, Keating, Bolling comment
1957Bodo Rudwaleit, German footballer and manager[†]
Bodo Rudwaleit is a German former football goalkeeper who played as goalkeeper for the record champion BFC Dynamo from 1976 to 1989.
1957Kate Wilkinson, New Zealand lawyer and politician, 11th New Zealand Minister of Conservation[†]
Catherine Joan Wilkinson is a New Zealand farmer and politician. She was a member of the New Zealand House of Representatives for the National Party from 2005 until her retirement in 2014. From 2008 until January 2013, she was a member of cabinet, holding the portfolios of Labour, Conservation, Food Safety, and Associate Immigration, before being removed from cabinet by Prime Minister John Key.
In 1957, the world population was approximately 2,852,618,337 people[†]