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Following is the fourth article of a series by the chief of The New York Times' bureau in Moscow on Soviet citizens in eleven different occupations; how they live and work, and what their hopes and desires are. The articles are based on interviews obtained in Moscow and other Soviet cities.
NY-bound Pub Service bus from Atlantic City blows tire on Garden State Pkwy near W Belmar, rams overpass abutment; 4 killed, 29 hurt; worst crash in Pkwy history
Knowland sees Sen restoring some cuts, TV int
Internatl Atomic Energy Agency Preparatory Comm advises Agency stress developing research programs 1st, defer bldg reactors; cites personnel and resources shortage; warns against diverting materials to mil uses; Amb Wadsworth (US) hails rept
Izvestia prints Tass dispatch from Belgrade denouncing Djilas
1957Paul-Jan Bakker, Dutch cricketer[†]
Paul-Jan Bakker is a Dutch former international cricketer, who also played domestic cricket at first-class and List A level in England for Hampshire from 1986 to 1992, taking 269 wickets across both formats. He later played in the Netherlands inaugural One Day International match in the 1996 World Cup, before retiring shortly after the tournament. In 2007, he briefly succeeded Peter Cantrell as Netherlands coach.
1957Gary Chapman, American singer-songwriter and guitarist[†]
Gary Winther Chapman is an American contemporary Christian music singer-songwriter and former television talk show host.
1957Martin Donovan, American actor and director[†]
Martin Donovan is an American actor. He has had a long collaboration with director Hal Hartley, appearing in many of his films, such as Trust (1990), Surviving Desire (1991), Simple Men (1992), Amateur (1994), Flirt (1995), and The Book of Life (1998), starring as Jesus Christ in the latter. Donovan also played Peter Scottson on Showtime's cable series Weeds. He made his writing/directorial debut with the film Collaborator (2011). Donovan played Detective Hap Eckhart in Christopher Nolan's psychological thriller Insomnia (2002) and the Protagonist's CIA handler, Fay, in Nolan's science-fiction action thriller film Tenet (2020).
1957Ian Gould, English cricketer and umpire[†]
Ian James Gould is an English former first-class cricketer and a former member of the ICC Elite Panel of cricket umpires. He previously also served as the chairman of English football club Burnham FC. In April 2019, Gould announced that he would retire as an umpire following the 2019 Cricket World Cup. On 6 July 2019, Gould retired from umpiring, after officiating in the World Cup match between India and Sri Lanka. However, he has since umpired in matches in the 2020 Under-19 Cricket World Cup.
1957Cesare Prandelli, Italian footballer and manager[†]
Claudio Cesare Prandelli is an Italian former football coach and former player.
1957Christine Soetewey, Belgian high jumper[†]
Maria-Christine Soetewey is a retired Belgian high jumper.
1957Gerda Verburg, Dutch trade union leader and politician, Dutch Minister of Agriculture[†]
Gerritje "Gerda" Verburg is a Dutch politician and diplomat of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) party and trade union leader
1957David Bomberg, English soldier and painter (born 1890)[†]
David Garshen Bomberg was a British painter, and one of the Whitechapel Boys.
In 1957, the world population was approximately 2,852,618,337 people[†]