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butchers close shops to protest price ceilings
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Murray group to withdraw slate Murray, Witkowski say they will aid Meyner but ignore rest of Kenny slate
LITTLE ROCK, Ark., Oct. 1 --Gov. Orval E. Faubus was silent tonight after President Eisenhower rejected temporarily his promise to abide by the arrangements worked out today in Washington for a solution of the Little Rock integration crisis.
1957John Cook, American golfer[†]
John Neuman Cook is an American professional golfer, who won eleven times on the PGA Tour and was a member of the Ryder Cup team in 1993. He was ranked in the top ten of the Official World Golf Ranking for 45 weeks in 1992 and 1993. Cook currently plays on the PGA Tour Champions and is a studio analyst on Golf Channel.
1957Wade Dooley, English rugby player[†]
Wade Dooley is an English former rugby union player who played lock forward. He played for England 55 times and was nicknamed the "Blackpool Tower", as a result of being 6 feet 8 inches tall and a police officer with Lancashire Constabulary in Blackpool.
In 1957, the world population was approximately 2,852,618,337 people[†]