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40 killed in clashes on Algeria-Tunisia border
Gerosa affirms stand, radio int; backs Wagner program; Treas Sarafite repts $141,138,083 yield from special taxes, 1st half of fiscal '56, up $3.7 million over fiscal '55 period
Douglas says bill passage would hurt Dems in Nov election; says 45 Sens back measure, 45 are opposed, 6 undecided
House (Dawson) subcom rept denouncing business men in govt singles out Sec Wilson and aides
T Szulc (NY Times), in dispatch from Panama, revs pol situation; repts Govt pledges dictatorship will last at least another 2 yrs; repts pub's major concern is whether internal peace is worth price; notes Rojas justifies his rule and election delay as preventing civil war; cites continued violence in Tolima Dept; map; notes Dr Lleras Camargo views
1956Alexander Korda, Hungarian-English director and producer (born 1893)[â ]
Sir Alexander Korda was a Hungarianâborn British film director, producer, and screenwriter, who founded his own film production studios and film distribution company.
In 1956, the world population was approximately 2,795,409,994 people[â ]