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January 12, 1956

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Headlines from January 12, 1956

GEROSA TAX PLAN PERILS STATE AID SOUGHT BY MAYOR; Controller Says He Can Add $15,000,000 Sales Levies if Staff Is Increased WOULD END CAR STAMPS Wagner Wants to Drop Them Too, but Only in 'Trade' for Added Albany Funds $1,700,000 Net Rise FISCAL STRATEGY OF MAYOR UPSET

By Paul Crowell

Controller Gerosa holds 50% increase in his excise tax staff of 612 would yield added $15-20 million yrly in sales tax receipts; holds revenue would allow end of auto-use tax and perhaps 5% amusement admissions tax, Mayor Wagner concerned over effect on Furey-Turshen bill; summons Gerosa, other aides; affirms intent to push bill, news conf; will weigh Gerosa request; Gerosa concedes bill is best way to get early relief for autoists

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West Asks U.N. to Censure Israel for Attack on Syria; WEST URGES U.N. CENSURE ISRAEL 'Moral Basis' Seen Firing in El Auja Zone

By Kathleen Teltsch Special To the New York Times

Western Big-3 draft resolution condemning raid as 'flagrant violation' and warning new violations may lead to punitive measures; 3d Council session on raid set; Western resolution omits reparations; US spokesman explains omission; says there is no machinery to fix and compel payment; repts US sees 'moral basis' for compensation and will propose arrangement for future; Western resolution notes Burns rept upholding Israeli claim Syria interfered on Sea of Galilee; Egypt repts fire exch, El Auja demilitarized zone

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EISENHOWER URGES DUST BOWL RELIEF; Asks Congress to Act Now on Permanent Solution of Drought Problems New Authority Sought PRESIDENT URGES AID TO DUST BOWL Transmits Benson Letter

By William M. Blair Special To the New York Times

offers over-all program to permanently solve problem of recurring Dust Bowl conditions, Gt Plains area, lrs to Vice Pres Nixon, Speaker Rayburn; sees need for additional legis authority; transmits Sec Benson's proposals to him; Weather Bur repts severe dryness, persistent drought in area

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Notable Births

Nikolai Noskov

1956Nikolai Noskov, Russian rock singer and singer-songwriter[†]

Nikolai Ivanovich Noskov is a Russian singer and former vocalist of the hard rock band Gorky Park. He is a five-time winner of the Golden Gramophone Award. He was also a member of the Москва (Moscow) ensemble in the early 1980s, the band Гран-при in 1988 just before joining Gorky Park, and much later the band Николай (Nikolai) in the 1990s. Starting 1998, Noskov had a solo career releasing six solo albums. In 2015, he served as a jury in second season of the reality TV series Glavnaya Stsena.

Historical Context for January 12, 1956

In 1956, the world population was approximately 2,795,409,994 people[†]