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USSR scientists rept maximum alt cut from 1,062 mi to 1,031 mi, apparently by 'braking influence' of upper atmosphere; rept orbit time cut by 2.3 secs; again silent on dog
in Egypt; confs with Min el Kaissouni; proposes Egypt negotiate with co officials
HONOLULU, Nov. 9--Planes and ships crisscrossed the seas east of Honolulu today seeking traces of a Stratocruiser missing since last night with fortyfour persons aboard.
rebels attack prospectors of French co in Royal Dutch-Shell Group, Sahara Desert; map
1957Nigel Evans, Welsh politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Wales[†]
Nigel Martin Evans is a former British Conservative Party politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Ribble Valley in Lancashire from 1992 until 2024. He was Joint Executive Secretary of the 1922 Committee from 2017 to 2019. He served as First Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means, one of the Speaker's three deputies, from 2010 to 2013. He was elected as Second Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means in 2020.
In 1957, the world population was approximately 2,852,618,337 people[†]