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Hagerty says Gaither rept does not find US 'at this time' weak in relation to USSR; says all data from which conclusions were drawn had been available to Cong coms
Symington to seek re-election; policy statement
concessions granted to Ital and Japanese cos seen having little influence on internatl cos operations in area
Tenn Bar Assn urges Schoolfield surrender judgeship temporarily while under probe; says he should be impeached if charges are proven; urges Asst Atty Gen Smith and staff withdraw from state probe; State Judicial Council confs on charges against Schoolfield but bars comment pending state probe
Sen Hayden would back $40-billion budget but opposes cutting other programs to offset it; Chavez predicts Cong opposition
1957Brad Grey, American screenwriter and producer (died 2017)[†]
Brad Alan Grey was an American television and film producer. He co-founded Brillstein-Grey Entertainment, and afterwards became the chairman and CEO of Paramount Pictures, a position he held from 2005 to 2017. Grey graduated from the University of New York at Buffalo School of Management. Under Grey's leadership, Paramount finished No. 1 in global market share in 2011 and No. 2 domestically in 2008, 2009, and 2010, despite releasing significantly fewer films than its competitors. He also produced eight out of Paramount's 10 top-grossing films of all time after having succeeded Sherry Lansing in 2005.
1957Oliver Hirschbiegel, German actor, director, and producer[†]
Oliver Hirschbiegel is a German film director. His works include Das Experiment and the Oscar-nominated film about Adolf Hitler, Downfall.
1957Paul Rudnick, American author, playwright, and screenwriter[†]
Paul Rudnick is an American novelist, playwright, screenwriter, and essayist. His plays have been produced on and off Broadway. He wrote the screenplays for Sister Act, Addams Family Values, Jeffrey, and In & Out. Rudnick also wrote film criticism under the pseudonym Libby Gelman-Waxner.
In 1957, the world population was approximately 2,852,618,337 people[†]