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Union fuel oil and coal deliverers began a city-wide strike at 10:45 o'clock last night.
Sen Brucker says Eisenhower has not disclosed whether he would consider attack on Quemoy and Matsu an attack on Taiwan, TV int on Life article
Knowland to announce candidacy if Eisenhower does not announce decision by Feb 15, TV int; to back Pres if he runs; says campaign will be hard and Pres should not be pushed into it; confident Pres will not sanction moves to hold off potential candidates; gives primary plans if Pres does not run; says Chief Justice Warren will not be candidate; doubts conv draft
NYS Sen W J Mahoney and Gov Harriman see some plan to protect victims of uninsured drivers enacted this yr, TV ints; Harriman backs Holz plan
6th 5-Yr Plan directives call for output of new kinds
1956Wayne Daniel, Barbadian cricketer[†]
Wayne Wendell Daniel is a former cricketer, who played as a right arm fast bowler. Daniel featured for the West Indies, Middlesex, Barbados and Western Australia in his cricketing career. He was the first person to hit a six and take a wicket on the last ball of his test career. He was a part of the West Indian squad which finished as runners-up at the 1983 Cricket World Cup.
1956Gerald Henderson, American basketball player[†]
Jerome McKinley "Gerald" Henderson Sr. is an American former professional basketball player. He was a combo guard who had a 13-year career in the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1979 until 1992. He played for the Boston Celtics, Seattle SuperSonics, New York Knicks, Philadelphia 76ers, Milwaukee Bucks, Detroit Pistons, and Houston Rockets. Henderson was born in Richmond, Virginia and attended Virginia Commonwealth University.
1956Martin Jol, Dutch footballer and manager[†]
Maarten Cornelis "Martin" Jol is a Dutch football manager and former midfielder. He played over 400 games during his career which included spells in the Netherlands, Germany and England, as well as earning three caps with the Netherlands national team. He subsequently became a manager and has worked for Roda JC, RKC Waalwijk and Ajax in his homeland, as well as German Bundesliga club Hamburger SV and English Premier League clubs Tottenham Hotspur and Fulham and Egypt's Al Ahly.
1956Greedy Smith, Australian singer-songwriter and keyboardist (died 2019)[†]
Andrew McArthur "Greedy" Smith was an Australian vocalist, keyboardist, harmonicist and songwriter with Australian pop/new wave band Mental As Anything. Smith wrote many of their hit songs including "Live It Up" which peaked at No. 2 on the Australian singles chart. Smith had a solo music career, had worked with other bands and was also an artist and television personality.
In 1956, the world population was approximately 2,795,409,994 people[†]