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Pres Curtice repts co plans $1-billion expansion program, '56, up 65% over '55; says plan shows co confidence in continued prosperity
both sides conf all day with Seitel and citizens (Sheridan) com; Sheridan repts union now seeks estimated 39¢ pkg; Wagner forms com to assure deliveries for emergency needs; pledges stern measures to bar price gouging; Police Dept emergency phone but gets 476 calls; NYC Hotel Assn urges hotels be put on priority list, wire to Wagner
move foreseen by US; areas where bid might be welcome discusssed; existing ties with various nations revd
Pres Eisenhower asks record $1.276 billion for fiscal '57 program, Budget Message; request seen indicating highest priority for intercontinental and intermediate Range Ballistics Missiles programs
Nixon calls criticism of Dulles 'yackety-yak,' int, NYC; Sec Wilson not alarmed by article, int, NYC
1956Damian Green, English journalist and politician[†]
Damian Howard Green is a British politician who served as First Secretary of State and Minister for the Cabinet Office from June to December 2017 in the second May government. A member of the Conservative Party, he served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Ashford from 1997 to 2024.
1956Paul Young, English singer-songwriter and guitarist[†]
Paul Antony Young is an English musician, singer and songwriter. Formerly the frontman of the short-lived bands Kat Kool & the Kool Cats, Streetband and Q-Tips, he became a teen idol with his solo success in the 1980s. His hit singles include "Love of the Common People", "Wherever I Lay My Hat", "Come Back and Stay", "Every Time You Go Away" and "Everything Must Change", all reaching the top 10 of the UK Singles Chart. Released in 1983, his debut album, No Parlez, was the first of three UK number-one albums.
In 1956, the world population was approximately 2,795,409,994 people[†]