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Negro, Puerto Rican parents picket City Hall to protest conditions in certain pss; illus; Wagner confs with reprs and Councilman Brown; sets conf at Educ Bd; Jansen, others to attend; pro-testing groups listed
FPC conditionally grants 55-yr license to Auth; terms; 6-mos delay seen
Dulles declares Syrian mil build-up imperils Turkey, s, UN Assembly; says USSR seeks to intimidate certain Mideast states; cites warning to Turkey; sees violation of '49 UN resolution; urges Assembly discuss problem; illus; some Arab delegates fear new US policy shift
D Ozersky, 16, badly burned in eyes, 19 other Thomas Jefferson HS, NYC, students and teacher splashed with liquid lye thrown by M Kessler, 17; Kessler held
Faubus asks Davies disqualify himself from injunction hearing; charges personal prejudice; says Davies, Justice Dept, Cobb and Blossom worked together against him; Little Rock and Ark officials hopeful on ending impasse; Blossom says Negroes have class assignments; Mann alerts police; Faubus again confs with Hays; illus; MacGuineas and Eardley in Little Rock
1957Alannah Currie, New Zealand singer-songwriter[†]
Alannah Joy Currie is a New Zealand artist based in London. She is a musician and activist, best known as a former member of the pop band Thompson Twins.
1957Michael Hurst, New Zealand actor and director[†]
Michael Eric Hurst ONZM is a New Zealand actor, director and writer. He acted in the television programs Hercules: The Legendary Journeys and companion series Xena: Warrior Princess as Iolaus, and directed the Starz series Spartacus: Blood and Sand and Ash vs Evil Dead.
1957Vladimir Tkatchenko, Ukrainian-Russian basketball player[†]
Vladimir Petrovich Tkachenko is a retired Soviet and Russian professional basketball player. Tkachenko won two Summer Olympic Games medals and three FIBA World Cup medals with the senior men's Soviet Union national team. He was also named both the Euroscar and the Mr. Europa in 1979. His pro club career lasted 17 years.
1957Heino Kaski, Finnish pianist and composer (born 1885)[†]
Heino Wilhelm Daniel Kaski was a Finnish composer, teacher and pianist.
1957Jean Sibelius, Finnish violinist and composer (born 1865)[†]
Jean Sibelius was a Finnish composer of the late Romantic and early modern periods. He is widely regarded as his country's greatest composer, and his music is often credited with having helped Finland develop a stronger national identity when the country was struggling from several attempts at Russification in the late 19th century.
In 1957, the world population was approximately 2,852,618,337 people[†]