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In 1956, the world population was approximately 2,795,409,994 people[†]
1956Elizabeth Strout, American novelist and short story writer[†]
Elizabeth Strout is an American novelist and author. She is widely known for her works in literary fiction and her descriptive characterization. She was born and raised in Portland, Maine, and her experiences in her youth served as inspiration for her novels–the fictional "Shirley Falls, Maine" is the setting of four of her ten novels.
1956Justin Welby, English archbishop[†]
Justin Portal Welby is an Anglican bishop who served as the 105th archbishop of Canterbury in the Church of England from 2013 to 2025.
1956Clive Woodward, English rugby player and coach[†]
Sir Clive Ronald Woodward is an English former rugby union player and coach. He was coach of the England team from 1997 to 2004, managing them to victory in the 2003 Rugby World Cup. He also coached the 2005 British & Irish Lions tour to New Zealand, losing the test series 3–0. He is currently a pundit for ITV Sport, working on their coverage of the Six Nations and Rugby World Cup.
Western Big-3 reprs to UN agree Security Council should censure Israel strongly for Dec 11 raid; to sponsor motion; reject Syrian demand for econ sanctions and expulsion of Israel from UN; A el Shukairi (Syria) conf with USSR delegate Sobolev; Israeli delegate M Kidron urges Western Big-3 reprs consider background of raid
Press intensifies attacks on Eden Adm for alleged fumbling of various issues
Pres Tito, Premier Nasser agree to strengthen ties, Cairo talks
Mendes-France, Mollet reject Faure proposal for union of Center parties; will seek to form Govt from Socialist-Radical Repub Front only; speculation on likelihood, program
NYC extends priorities to 6 mos-15 yr age group; offers 40,000 cc's of vaccine free to drs for 5-9 age group starting Jan 16; to allot only 9 cc's to each dr
Pres plays bridge with Gruenther, Robinson, Allen, E Slater
Larner files another sec of rept; charges former city officials, including late Mayor Hague, late Mayor Eggers, Kenny and Jersey City Med Center ex-Admr Hoffman canceled $3,648,595 worth of bills, '45-53, owed by politically favored patients in Med Center; notes hosp avg annual deficit of $4 million; says canceled bills were coded to identify pol benefactor; that Center's chief accountant R S Feury devised code, had full authority to collect, write off accts or make adjustments, that Hoffman assumed such authority in '52 and kept it until his dismissal in Mar '54 by Berry; that neither Feury nor Hoffman bothered to collect from ins plans, but when such payments were collected they were sometimes turned over to patients because bills had been written off; charges that a dummy corp Gen Hosp Supply Co, 'brainchild' of Hoffman and a bail bondsman A J Ferrara, was created to profit from rental of oxygen tents and sale of intravenous solution to Center; scores W Sternkopf, ind city auditor, for not disclosing situation though aware of it; says write-offs stopped when Berry took office in '53
proofreader O Albertson testifies; invokes 5th Amendment
Pres Eisenhower urges program to further advance rights, State of Union Message; hails Adm record in field
To wed Prince Rainier III of Monaco
Govt announcement on 4th anniv of US-Indian tech cooperation lists $250-million US aid for 50 projects in agr, indus, community development and health; competition seen between US and USSR on aid
Empire State Hwy Transportation Assn dir Adelizzi pledges truckers will back higher regis fees to make up $14-million loss if wt-distance tax is abolished in NYS