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December 11, 1957

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PRESIDENT IS FOUND FIT; GOES TO PARIS FRIDAY; DOCTORS BACK TRIP Team of Six Reports Gain After Stroke Is 'Excellent' Rest Had Been Ordered One Precaution Disclosed PRESIDENT FOUND FIT FOR PARIS TRIP Concur With Neurologists Enthusiastic for Trip

By W.h. Lawrence Special To the New York Times

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10-- President Eisenhower was found physically fit today to attend the Atlantic pact heads-of-government meeting. He will leave Friday on the week-long trip to Paris.

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Mrs. Luce Asks End Of Protective Tariff; MRS. LUCE CALLS FOR TARIFF CUTS

By Douglas Dales

Mrs C B Luce urges 5-yr extension without 'escape clauses,'

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Mayor Backs Transit Body; Declares Strike Is Illegal; 3-Hour Conference WAGNER SUPPORTS CITY TRANSIT BODY MAYOR'S STATEMENT

By Charles G. Bennettthe New York Times

Mayor Wagner declared yesterday that he fully supported the Transit Authority in the subway strike.

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RUSH-HOUR JAMS DELAY THOUSANDS; Police Deter Crowd in Times Sq. Subway--Alternate Routes Heavily Used RUSH-HOUR JAMS DELAY THOUSANDS Crowds Flow Smoothly Sea Route Popular Queens Roads Tied Up Taxis Kept Busy

By Murray Schumach

For the second consecutive day, the subway strike made the trip to and from Manhattan a difficult experience for hundreds of thousands of workers yesterday.

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ALLIES TO SHARE MISSILE DECISION; Partners With Bases to Have Equal Voice With U.S. on Question of Firing U.S. WILL SHARE MISSILE DECISION No Effect on Gaillard

By Harold Callender Special To the New York Times

US reptdly willing to make IRBM missile firing a joint decision; would control nuclear warheads and furnish them from nearby bases; France reptdly satisfied but still insists Brit-US deal be negotiated inside NATO

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1957Peter Bagge, American author and illustrator^[†]

Peter Bagge is an American cartoonist whose best-known work includes the comics Neat Stuff and Hate. His stories often use black humor and exaggerated cartooning to dramatize the reduced expectations of middle-class American youth. He won two Harvey Awards in 1991, one for best cartoonist and one for his work on Hate. In recent decades Bagge has done more fact-based comics, everything from biographies to history to comics journalism. Publishers of Bagge's articles, illustrations, and comics include suck.com, MAD Magazine, toonlet, Discover, and the Weekly World News, with the comic strip Adventures of Batboy. He has expressed his libertarian views in features for Reason.

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1957Musidora, French actress, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1889)^[†]

Jeanne Roques, known professionally as Musidora, was a French actress, film director, and writer. She is best known for her acting in silent films, and rose to public attention for roles in the Louis Feuillade serials Les Vampires as Irma Vep and in Judex as Marie Verdier.

Historical Context for December 11, 1957

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

Headlines from December 11, 1957

PRESIDENT IS FOUND FIT; GOES TO PARIS FRIDAY; DOCTORS BACK TRIP Team of Six Reports Gain After Stroke Is 'Excellent' Rest Had Been Ordered One Precaution Disclosed PRESIDENT FOUND FIT FOR PARIS TRIP Concur With Neurologists Enthusiastic for Trip

Mrs. Luce Asks End Of Protective Tariff; MRS. LUCE CALLS FOR TARIFF CUTS

Mayor Backs Transit Body; Declares Strike Is Illegal; 3-Hour Conference WAGNER SUPPORTS CITY TRANSIT BODY MAYOR'S STATEMENT

RUSH-HOUR JAMS DELAY THOUSANDS; Police Deter Crowd in Times Sq. Subway--Alternate Routes Heavily Used RUSH-HOUR JAMS DELAY THOUSANDS Crowds Flow Smoothly Sea Route Popular Queens Roads Tied Up Taxis Kept Busy

ALLIES TO SHARE MISSILE DECISION; Partners With Bases to Have Equal Voice With U.S. on Question of Firing U.S. WILL SHARE MISSILE DECISION No Effect on Gaillard

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