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WASHINGTON, Aug. 26-- The Department of Defense and the Air Force refused all official comment tonight on Moscow's announcement that it had successfully tested an intercontinental ballistic missile.
Dir Whelan, Justice Kaplan, Deputy Comr Mangum ordered by Mayor Wagner to set up work camp program for delinquents
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Sen approves O'Mahoney bill; rejects Dirksen amendments
Eisenhower again appeals for restoration, breakfast conf with Johnson; illus; Johnson to back about $1/2 billion more than House; Sen Appropriations Com, 14-7, approves $3,025,660,000 in new funds, $500,900,000 more than House; $667,050,000 in reappropriated funds carried over; fund breakdown
1957Jeff Grubb, American game designer and author[†]
Jeff Grubb is an author of novels, short stories, and comics, as well as a computer and role-playing game designer in the fantasy genre. Grubb worked on the Dragonlance campaign setting under Tracy Hickman, and the Forgotten Realms setting with Ed Greenwood. His written works include The Finder's Stone Trilogy, the Spelljammer and Jakandor campaign settings, and contributions to Dragonlance and the computer game Guild Wars Nightfall (2006).
1957Bernhard Langer, German golfer[†]
Bernhard Langer is a German professional golfer. He is a two-time Masters champion and was one of the world's leading golfers throughout the 1980s and 1990s. In 1986, he became the sport's first number one ranked player following the creation of the Sony Ranking.
In 1957, the world population was approximately 2,852,618,337 people[†]