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January 18, 1956

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AIR DEFENSE GETS ELECTRONIC 'BRAIN' TO GUIDE PLANES; New Ground Control System Hailed as Major Step to War of Automation 'Kill Rate' Increased AIR DEFENSE GETS ELECTRONIC GUIDE A Complex Operation Men Still Needed

By Hanson W. Baldwin

SAGE system for locating enemy craft, calculating interception courses and controlling intercepting craft and other weapons described for press by MIT vp Vice Adm Cochrane and Col Lee, int, Lincoln Lab; vulnerability to jamming, high costs noted; direction center computer installation illus

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CITY PUSHES FIGHT TO RAISE STATE AID; Gerosa Joins Mayor in Appeal for Added $42,900,000, but Stands by Tax Plan CITY PUSHES FIGHT TO LIFT STATE AID Greater Expenditures Cited Effect of Dispute Studied

By Charles G. Bennett

Gerosa and Wagner, in joint lr to Gov Harriman, say recent repts of raising revenues through better sales tax collections give 'misimpression' of city's finances; urge approval of Wagner program, including NYC share of gasoline taxes; Gerosa again says 50% rise in staff would yield $15-20 million more in sales taxes; NYC aides still concerned over statement effect on Wagner program

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Notable Births

Paul Deighton, Baron Deighton

1956Paul Deighton, Baron Deighton, English banker and politician[†]

Paul Clive Deighton, Baron Deighton, KBE is a British Conservative politician who served as Commercial Secretary to HM Treasury from January 2013 to May 2015. Deighton is a former investment banker who previously served as Chief Executive of the London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (LOCOG), the organisation responsible for planning the 2012 Summer Olympics and Paralympics.

Notable Deaths

Makbule Atadan

1956Makbule Atadan, Turkish lawyer and politician (born 1885)[†]

Makbule Atadan was the sister of Mustafa Kemal AtatĂźrk, the founder of the Republic of Turkey. She was the only one surviving sister of AtatĂźrk, while the other four siblings died at early ages.

Konstantin Päts

1956Konstantin Päts, Estonian journalist, lawyer, and politician, 1st President of Estonia (born 1874)[†]

Konstantin Päts was an Estonian statesman and the country's president from 1938 to 1940. Päts was one of the most influential politicians of the independent democratic Republic of Estonia, and during the two decades prior to World War II he also served five times as the country's prime minister. After the 16–17 June 1940 Soviet invasion and occupation of Estonia, Päts remained formally in office for over a month, until he was forced to resign, imprisoned by the new Stalinist regime, and deported to the USSR, where he died in 1956.

Historical Context for January 18, 1956

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