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US bldg 7 types of satellites from 6-30 inches in diameter; vehicles described; research uses discussed; sketches; illus
golfs with E D Slater, G E Allen, H Cushing
Negroes plan to enter Central HS Sept 23 or 24; police replace Guard; ordered to help Negroes enter; Mann warns agitators; urges mins pray for peaceful solution of crisis; Capital Citizens Council-Patriotic Christians Group ad in Ark Dem sets rallies for Sept 24; A Guthridge warns on violence; blames 'white revolutionaries'; cites Communists and NAACP; Educ Bd, after conf with Blossom, bars adults, including newsmen, from hs, 1st few days, to avoid incidents; Blossom illus; Branton, other Negroes says date of Negroes entry depends on protection offered; Branton doubts violence; Davies signs preliminary injunction against Faubus, 2 mil aides; adds statement that order does not bar Faubus from acting as he deems fit to preserve order; Justice Dept issues rept on findings of fact and conclusions of law in case; Faubus to attend Southern Govs Conf; Lt Gov Gordon to be acting Gov; Hays notes continued contact with White House
reptdly pledges Saudi Arabia will fully support Syria 'against any aggression'; move seen to prevent split with Syria and Egypt; Saudi Under Sec el Bessam reassures Syria; sees no danger to other Mideast states
convicted by ct-martial, Barksdale Base, La, and sentenced to life imprisonment for trying to sell secrets about atomic weapons in jet bombers; is USAF capt; USAF aide repts he tried to deliver lr to USSR Embassy, Apr 5, but it was intercepted by US agent; wanted to sell data for $27,500
1957Steve Carney, English footballer (died 2013)[â ]
Stephen Carney was an English professional footballer who played in the Football League as a defender for Newcastle United, Carlisle United, Darlington, Rochdale and Hartlepool United.
1957Nick Cave, Australian singer-songwriter, author, and actor[â ]
Nicholas Edward Cave is an Australian musician, writer, and actor who fronts the rock band Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. Known for his baritone voice, Cave's music is characterised by emotional intensity, a wide variety of influences and lyrical obsessions with death, religion, love, and violence.
1957Mark Johnson, American ice hockey player and coach[â ]
Mark Einar Johnson is an American ice hockey coach for the University of WisconsinâMadison women's ice hockey team. He is a former National Hockey League (NHL) player who appeared in 669 NHL regular season games between 1980 and 1990. He also played for the gold medal-winning 1980 U.S. Olympic team, leading the team in points with 11. As head coach of Wisconsin, he has led them to eight National Championships, the most for all NCAA Division I hockey teams.
1957Johnette Napolitano, American singer-songwriter and bass player[â ]
Johnette Napolitano is an American musician best known as the lead vocalist, songwriter, and bassist for the alternative rock group Concrete Blonde.
1957Giuseppe Saronni, Italian cyclist and manager[â ]
Giuseppe Saronni, also known as Beppe Saronni, is an Italian former racing cyclist. He had remarkable success riding in the Giro d'Italia. In 1980 he won 7 stages and finished 7th overall; in 1981 he won 3 stages and finished 3rd overall. In 1979 and 1983 he won the Giro d'Italia and all total for his career win 24 stages in this race.
1957Soemu Toyoda, Japanese admiral (born 1885)[â ]
Soemu Toyoda was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy in World War II.
1957In Haiti, François Duvalier is elected president.[â ]
François Duvalier, also known as Papa Doc, was a Haitian politician and Vodouisant who served as the president of Haiti from 1957 until his death in 1971. He was elected president in the 1957 general election on a populist and black nationalist platform. After thwarting a military coup d'état in 1958, his regime rapidly became more autocratic and despotic. An undercover government death squad, the Tonton Macoute, indiscriminately tortured or killed Duvalier's opponents; the Tonton Macoute was thought to be so pervasive that Haitians became highly fearful of expressing any form of dissent, even in private. Duvalier further sought to solidify his rule by incorporating elements of Haitian mythology into a personality cult.
In 1957, the world population was approximately 2,852,618,337 people[â ]