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session reconvenes on Hungary
USSR Min Gromyko accuses West of armed threat against Syria; asserts US seeks to set Turkey and 'certain Arab countries' against Syria; charges Turkey concentrates troops on Syrian border; indirectly warns Turkey and US; Min el Rifai says Jordan will not interfere in Syria; says arms are for defense; Min Malik tells Parliament Lebanon would oppose any attempt to interfere by force; Lebanese officials ridicule Egyptian rept that Hussein asked Chamoun to join him in using force against Syria
N A Rockefeller repts seeking to dissuade Dodgers from moving since mid-Aug; would buy part of club, help expand League or participate in bldg of new stadium; Poulson discouraged; Frick hails Rockefeller; Corp Counsel Brown holds NYC can legally acquire land for resale to club for stadium, opinion submitted to Wagner; holds Sports Center Authority acquisition for resale illegal; Wagner optimistic; K Cooke applies for franchise for Toronto
bomb wrecks newly-integrated Hattie Cotton School; illus; Hosse links blast to racial strife; 25 or more whites held, 7 in connection with blast; Kasper in group; many blame him for violence; Bass says all schools will be under 24-hr guard; 71% of pupils in integrated schools kept home; West comments; US Atty Elledge, after conf with Miller, sees no grounds for Fed intervention; says police protect Negroes going to pss
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1957Mary Proctor, American astronomer (born 1862)[†]
Mary Proctor was a British-American popularizer of astronomy. While not a professional astronomer, Proctor became well known for her books and articles written for the public – particularly her children's fiction.
In 1957, the world population was approximately 2,852,618,337 people[†]