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com authorizes probe by Diocese ct advocate Sincerbeaux; DeWolfe says Thomas will conduct Sunday services; pro-Melish group holds Melish held services to bar Bishop from sending supply priest of own choosing, lr to NYC area clergy
Peiping statement on Geneva talks rejects US formula for mutual renunciation of force qualified by right of 'individual and collective self-defense' in Taiwan (Formosa) area; makes pub US and Peiping proposals on renunciation of force; Amb Johnson regrets resort to propaganda and distortion of facts
Wagner optimistic as union pledges 'full consideration' of dealers new offer of 27 1/2%¢-an-hr pkg; had stressed pub health and safety demanded early settlement; Sheridan says proposed pkg amts to $11 for 40-hr wk; City Hall, Police and Health Depts swamped with emergency calls; Mayor's Com approves 711 emergency deliveries; varied requests noted; NY Real Estate Bd pres Blume warns of danger, wire to Wagner
Parliament approves creation of Defense Min; Deputy Min-Pres Stoph seen in post
Humphrey, Sen Symington score Dulles, Sen ss; ask why Wilson did not know US was at 'brink'; Dulles defended by Knowland, Bridges; Wiley, Bender score Stevenson criticism; Bender lays US position at 'brink' to Dem Adm of ex-Pres Truman, ex-Sec Acheson
1956Carman, American singer-songwriter, actor, and television host (died 2021)[†]
Carmelo Domenic Licciardello, known professionally as Carman, was an American contemporary Christian music singer, rapper, songwriter, television host, and evangelist. He was nominated for four Grammys, and sold over 10 million records.
1956Susan Solomon, American atmospheric chemist[†]
Susan Solomon is an American atmospheric chemist, working for most of her career at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). In 2011, Solomon joined the faculty at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where she serves as the Ellen Swallow Richards Professor of Atmospheric Chemistry & Climate Science. Solomon, with her colleagues, was the first to propose the chlorofluorocarbon free radical reaction mechanism that is the cause of the Antarctic ozone hole. Her most recent book, Solvable: how we healed the earth, and how we can do it again (2024) focuses on solutions to current problems, as do books by data scientist Hannah Ritchie, marine biologist, Ayana Elizabeth Johnson and climate scientist Katharine Hayhoe.
In 1956, the world population was approximately 2,795,409,994 people[†]