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October 14, 1957

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EGYPTIANS MOVE TROOPS TO SYRIA; CITE DEFENSE AIM; Force Put Ashore at Latakia by Cairo's Naval Vessels Under Joint Air Cover STEP BEGAN LAST MONTH Dispatch of 'Basic Elements' Linked to Tension Along Border With Turkey No Data on Troop Strength Amer Is Joint Commander EGYPTIANS MOVE TROOPS TO SYRIA

By Osgood Caruthers Special To the New York Times

Egyptian troops sent to Syria; Egypt repts it has been sending them since Sept meeting between Min Amer and Syrian mil leaders; Egyptian-Syrian aid pact noted; Syrian press repts 'urgent defense measures' taken on Turkish border; map

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U.S. Working on Satellite That Could Film the Earth; Program Is Reported Under Way Since Early 1956--First Unmanned 'Moon' Would Use TV or Regular Cameras U.S. Is Working on a Satellite That Could Photograph Earth Details and Explanations Manned Satellite Liquid Propellant System Some Scientists Differ

By Richard Witkin

Dir Larson says USIA studies harm to US and possible counter-measures; cites USIA handling of events

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U.S.I.A. ASSESSING SETBACK ON BIAS; Agency Concedes Inability to Offset Reports Abroad on Little Rock Strife Actual Record Presented U.S.I.A. ASSESSING SETBACK ON BIAS

By Dana Adams Schmidt Special To the New York Times

Dir Larson finds racial questions among most difficult of USIA problems; notes USSR stresses every anti-integration incident; says USIA seeks to cast them in larger picture of integration gains

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PRESIDENT CALLS M'ELROY FOR TALK ON MISSILES LAG; Meeting Planned Today as Congressional Demands for Inquiry Increase 2-PARTY REVIEW URGED Knowland Objects to Soviet Space Bid--3 Legislators Propose Satellite Drive Speed-up is Reported Both Parties Blamed PRESIDENT CALLS M'ELROY FOR TALK

By Allen Drury Special To the New York Times

Sen Knowland on feat, implications for US, TV int; other Cong reaction; Repr Keating urges, Adm Wright opposes 'crash' program

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ROCKET SATELLITE IS SEEN OVER CITY; Soviet Object Traced in Sky for 5 Minutes--Sighted Crossing Central Park ROCKET SATELLITE IS SEEN OVER CITY Some Report Satellite Rocket Film Telecast

By Harold M. Schmeck Jrthe New York Times (BY JOHN ORRIS)

New York City got its first look early yesterday at one of the artificial satellite's traveling companions, the third-stage rocket shell.

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Notable Births

1957Michel Després, Canadian lawyer and politician^[†]

Michel Després is an administrator, consultant and a former Quebec politician. He was the former MNA member of the former riding of Limoilou from 1985 to 1994 and 1998 to 2003 and the former member of the riding of Jean-Lesage from 2003 and 2007 when he was defeated. He represented the Quebec Liberal Party during all his political career.

1957Gen Nakatani, Japanese lawyer and politician, 13th Japanese Minister of Defense^[†]

Gen Nakatani is a Japanese politician who was Director General of the Japan Defense Agency in the first cabinet of former Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi in 2001-2002 and was appointed the Minister of Defense by former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in 2014. Nakatani was again named to the position of Minister of Defense for the cabinet of Shigeru Ishiba in 2024.

Historical Events

1957The 23rd Canadian Parliament becomes the only one to be personally opened by the Queen of Canada.^[†]

The 23rd Canadian Parliament was in session from October 14, 1957, until February 1, 1958. The membership was set by the 1957 federal election on June 10, 1957, and it changed only somewhat due to resignations and by-elections until it was dissolved prior to the 1958 election.

1957At least 81 people are killed in the most devastating flood in the history of the Spanish city of Valencia.^[†]

A flood on 14 October 1957 in Valencia, Spain, resulted in significant damage to property and caused the deaths of at least 81 people. In response to the tragedy, the Spanish government devised and enacted the Plan Sur, which rerouted the city's main river, the Turia.

Historical Context for October 14, 1957

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