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August 11, 1957

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Headlines from August 11, 1957

U.S. AND STATES MAP FISCAL PLAN; Joint Committee Tentatively Agrees on Shift of Federal Programs to Local Rule

By William G. Weart Special To the New York Times

com tentatively agrees to shift to states responsibility for school lunch program, vocational educ, natural disaster relief, water pollution and 50% of supplemental old age aid; US spends $500 million yrly on them; would relinquish certain tax revenues to states; plan announced by Sec Anderson and Dwinell; Sec Anderson and Leader disagree on which problems com should take up 1st; Gov Anderson urges US be responsible for interstate hwy system

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Notable Births

Ian Stuart Donaldson

1957Ian Stuart Donaldson, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1993)[โ€ ]

Ian Stuart Donaldson, more commonly known as Ian Stuart, was an English neo-Nazi musician. He was best known as the front-man of Skrewdriver, originally a punk band which, from 1983 onwards, he rebranded as a Rock Against Communism white power skinhead band. He raised money through white power concerts with his Blood & Honour network.

Masayoshi Son

1957Masayoshi Son, Japanese technology entrepreneur and investor[โ€ ]

Masayoshi Son is an entrepreneur, investor, and philanthropist from Japan. A Zainichi Korean, he is the founder, representative director, corporate officer, chairman and CEO of SoftBank Group (SBG), a technology-focused investment holding company, as well as chairman of UK-based Arm Holdings and US-based Stargate LLC.

Historical Context for August 11, 1957

In 1957, the world population was approximately 2,852,618,337 people[โ€ ]