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December 24, 1957

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Headlines from December 24, 1957

BOARD AND QUILL TO RESUME TALKS AT WAGNER'S BID; Subway Negotiations Slated Thursday to Block Strike --Mediator to Sit In BUS SESSIONS HALTED 3 on Authority See Mitchell Today on G.O.P. Bill That Would Amend Bargaining

By A.h. Raskin

Wagner arranges for resumption of NYCTA-TWU talks; lays down strong anti-strike policy in conf with NYCTA Comrs; Comrs to conf with Mitchell on bill; Quill breaks off talks with private bus cos; sees strike; MBA formally petitions NYCTA for recognition, asks 35% pay rise; Felix, O'Grady comment

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Notable Births

Hamid Karzai

1957Hamid Karzai, Afghan politician, 12th President of Afghanistan[†]

Hamid Karzai is an Afghan politician who served as the fourth president of Afghanistan from 2002 to 2014, including as the first president of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan from 2004 to 2014. He previously served as Chairman of the Afghan Interim Administration from 2001 to 2002. He was the local chief of the Popalzai Durrani tribe of Pashtuns in Kandahar Province.

Notable Deaths

Norma Talmadge

1957Norma Talmadge, American actress and producer (born 1894)[†]

Norma Marie Talmadge was an American actress and film producer of the silent era. A major box-office draw for more than a decade, her career reached a peak in the early 1920s, when she ranked among the most popular idols of the American screen.

Historical Context for December 24, 1957

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