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Govt proclaims state of siege, suspends Const guarantees, BA Prov and city, to safeguard pol plans; scores of labor leaders reptd held aboard mil transport ship; Cabinet reptd split over dealing with labor leaders
Govt gains immense prestige with feat of putting world's 1st man-made earth satellite into orbit
WASHINGTON, Saturday, Oct. 5--The Naval Research Laboratory announced early today that it had recorded four crossings of the Soviet earth satellite over the United States.
statement on City Council 'corruption,'
signals recd in NYC area by RCA Communications and broadcast over commercial radio and TV channels; described; transmitted by phone to NY Times newsroom; orbit plotting on basis of signals described; Dr Whipple comments; signals also recd in GB
1957Mark Geragos, American lawyer[†]
Mark John Geragos is an American criminal defense lawyer and the managing partner of Geragos & Geragos, in Los Angeles.
1957Bernie Mac, American actor, comedian, producer, and screenwriter (died 2008)[†]
Bernard Jeffrey McCullough, better known by his stage name Bernie Mac, was an American stand up comedian, actor and film producer. He joined fellow comedians Steve Harvey, Cedric the Entertainer, and D. L. Hughley in the film The Original Kings of Comedy.
1957Lee Thompson, English singer-songwriter and saxophonist[†]
Lee Jay Thompson, nicknamed Kix or El Thommo, is an English multi-instrumentalist, singer, songwriter, and composer. In a career spanning 45 years, Thompson came to prominence in the late 1970s as a founder of, and saxophonist with, the English ska band Madness.
In 1957, the world population was approximately 2,852,618,337 people[†]