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January 27, 1956

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SOVIET SAID TO ASK U.S. TO STUDY PACT OF NONAGGRESSION; Bulganin's Letter Reported to Suggest the Negotiation of a Bilateral Accord OTHER NOTES REVEALED President Exchanged Several Messages With Premier Before Eisenhower Illness Diplomats Get Some Details SOVIET SAID TO BID U.S. WEIGH TREATY Only U.S. and Soviet Involved

By Elie Abel Special To the New York Times

reptdly proposes nonaggression pact with US

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WELFARE COUNCIL PLANS TO REGROUP; 375 Agencies Will Consider Centralized Set-Up in City WELFARE COUNCIL PLANS TO REGROUP Reorganization Backed

By Emma Harrison

Pres Loeb repts member agencies weigh forming ltd membership corp to bring solvency, end frictions resulting from large voting group; plan outlined; opposed by 9 delegates; exec dir Kingsley on financial problems

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U.S. MAY ABANDON RIGHTS IN MOROCCO; State Department Will Ask Congress to Sanction End of Extraterritoriality Accord Reinforced in 1906 U.S. Taking Steps to Surrender Its Special Rights in Morocco

By the Associated Press

US State Dept to ask Cong for authority to abandon US extraterritorial rights; rights under 1787, 1836, other treaties discussed; map

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CITY HEARS PLEAS FOR FLUORIDATION; U.S. and State Proponents Face Noisy Opposition at Council Hearing Committee Defers Action

By Charles G. Bennett

NYC Council com holds hearing on Councilman Peck resolution urging immediate fluoridation steps; Fed and NYS aides including Comr Hilleboe, Dr Forsyth, urge adoption; opponents crowd meeting, score process as poisonous and mass medication; city adm split with Health Comr Baumgartner in favor, Water Supply Comr Ford opposed

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Mr. Truman's Memoirs: The Truman Doctrine; INSTALLMENT 6 OF EXCERPTS FROM 'YEARS OF TRIAL AND HOPE' Mr. Truman's Memoirs: The Truman Doctrine INSTALLMENT 6, EXCERPTS FROM 'YEARS OF TRIAL AND HOPE'

By Harry S. Truman

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1956Mimi Rogers, American actress^[†]

Miriam Rogers is an American actress.

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1956Erich Kleiber, Austrian conductor and director (born 1890)^[†]

Erich Kleiber was an Austrian, later Argentine, conductor, known for his interpretations of the classics and as an advocate of Neue Musik.

Historical Context for January 27, 1956

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

Headlines from January 27, 1956

WELFARE COUNCIL PLANS TO REGROUP; 375 Agencies Will Consider Centralized Set-Up in City WELFARE COUNCIL PLANS TO REGROUP Reorganization Backed

U.S. MAY ABANDON RIGHTS IN MOROCCO; State Department Will Ask Congress to Sanction End of Extraterritoriality Accord Reinforced in 1906 U.S. Taking Steps to Surrender Its Special Rights in Morocco

CITY HEARS PLEAS FOR FLUORIDATION; U.S. and State Proponents Face Noisy Opposition at Council Hearing Committee Defers Action

Mr. Truman's Memoirs: The Truman Doctrine; INSTALLMENT 6 OF EXCERPTS FROM 'YEARS OF TRIAL AND HOPE' Mr. Truman's Memoirs: The Truman Doctrine INSTALLMENT 6, EXCERPTS FROM 'YEARS OF TRIAL AND HOPE'

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