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Sup Ct rules naturalized citizens who voted in past need not again furnish proof of naturalization when they regis this yr, M Reidy suit; rules Elections Bd must check previous records
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delegates vote overwhelmingly to scrap AFL-CIO ethical practices com charges against Hoffa after listening to reading of full text of indictment
H E Salisbury articles; on Hungary
Lr accepting Sec Wilson resignation
1957Roberto Azevêdo, Brazilian engineer and diplomat, 6th Director-General of the World Trade Organization[†]
Roberto Carvalho de Azevêdo is a Brazilian career diplomat who served as Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO) from 2013 until 2020. Since 2020, he has been Executive Vice President and Director of Corporate Affairs at PepsiCo.
1957Tim Westwood, English radio and television host[†]
Timothy Westwood, often known professionally simply as Westwood, is a British DJ and presenter. He was described by The Guardian in 2022 as "a veteran of the hip-hop scene whose opinions have been able to make or break upcoming artists for more than 30 years". He hosted the Radio 1 rap show and presented the MTV UK show Pimp My Ride UK. In 2013, he left Radio 1 and 1Xtra after nearly twenty years and returned to Capital Radio.
1957The California State Superior Court rules that the book Howl and Other Poems is not obscene.[†]
Superior courts in California are the state trial courts with general jurisdiction to hear and decide any civil or criminal action which is not specially designated to be heard in some other court or before a governmental agency. As mandated by the California Constitution, there is a superior court in each of the 58 counties in California. The superior courts also have appellate divisions which hear appeals from decisions in infraction and misdemeanor cases.
In 1957, the world population was approximately 2,852,618,337 people[†]