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September 24, 1957

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Headlines from September 24, 1957

Basilio Takes Title By Beating Robinson

By The New York Times

Basilio defeats Robinson for title

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URBAN TALKS ASK CUT IN AUTO SIZE; Better Motors Also Urged to Lessen City Air Pollution URBAN TALKS ASK CUT IN AUTO SIZE Home Rule Is Urged

By Charles Grutzner Special To the New York Times

conf ends; issues rept on major problems; urges auto indus to help ease traffic congestion and air pollution by making smaller and better autos; Harriman, Leader issue statement on conf results; rept stresses preserving home rule while achieving regional unity in handling common problems; rejects wholesale annexation of suburbs by cities; agrees solutions will vary according to area; accepts Harriman view on inadequate legis representation; conferees offer solution for problems

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ARMY SECRETARY SEES BROWNELL; Possible Action in Little Rock Dispute Evidently Weighed --Firm Stand Apparent Brucker Meets Wilson ARMY SECRETARY SEES BROWNELL

By Anthony Lewis Special To the New York Times

Sec Brucker confs with Brownell, others in Justice Dept, reptdly on possible Fed troops use to restore order; confs with Sec Wilson; Dept sees ultimate test of Fed power; prepares statutes and ct precedents to support possible use of US troops; 3 secs of US Code cited as authority for use; Dept disputes Faubus on Pres power; Brownell confs with Eisenhower

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TUNISIA ACCEPTS CAIRO ARMS GIFT; Bourguiba Turning to Egypt in Absence of U. S. Offer TUNISIA ACCEPTS CAIRO ARMS GIFT Czech Accord Due Today. Need for Arms Stressed

By Osgood Caruthers Special To the New York Times

Amb Sahbani repts Govt tentatively accepts arms offer from Egypt pending talks; repts offers by Czech and Italy to sell arms but is silent on Tunisian reaction; threat to seek arms elsewhere if US rejected demands noted; Tunisia says pending pact with Czech may provide for arms; Sahbani presents credentials to Egypt

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Yanks and Braves Capture Pennants

By Unknown Author

club clinches pennant

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Notable Births

1957Wolfgang Wolf, German footballer and manager^[†]

Wolfgang Wolf is a German football coach and a former player.

Historical Events

1957President Eisenhower sends the 101st Airborne Division to Little Rock, Arkansas, to enforce desegregation.^[†]

The Little Rock Nine were a group of nine African American students enrolled in Little Rock Central High School in 1957. Their enrollment was followed by the Little Rock Crisis, in which the students were initially prevented from entering the racially segregated school by Orval Faubus, the Governor of Arkansas. They then attended after the intervention of President Dwight D. Eisenhower.

Historical Context for September 24, 1957

In 1957, the world population was approximately 2,852,618,337 people^[†]