Saturday, July 6, 1957

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The Headlines

STASSEN SEEKING BOMB CONVERSION TO INDUSTRY USE; Says U.S. Would Allot 53% of Any Energy Total Fixed Against Soviet's 47% Qualifications Listed Leeway for Experiments Stassen Urges Bomb Conversion For Industry in London Parley Soviet Offer Recalled Soviet Decision Awaited

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On This Day

• John Lennon and Paul McCartney meet for the first time, as teenagers at Woolton Fete, three years before forming the Beatles.

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• Althea Gibson wins at the Wimbledon Championships, becoming the first black athlete to do so.

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You Share a Birthday With

• George W. Bush (1946)
• Frida Kahlo (1907)
• 14th Dalai Lama (1935)
• Sylvester Stallone (1946)
• Nursultan Nazarbayev (1940)

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Tech Check

Sputnik Satellite, Fortran Programming Language & Bubble Wrap.

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