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Govt calls parleys to offset serious shortage; orders bonuses to raise output
Makarios reptdly may agree conditionally to GB retaining police control if uax police force is abolished; latter force has large proportion of Turkish Cypriotes; Nicosia Mayor Dervis charges auxs with 'barbarism' in clash with hs students; Brit reluctant to view Makarios reply as rejection despite his insistence on discussing Const before appealing for end to violence; Leftist workers strike to protest alleged 'sellout' by Makarios
again opposes cuts under present revenue estimates; cautious on backing cuts to shore econ
US officials reptd divided on possible effects of Bulganin stand
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1956Savielly Tartakower, Russian-French chess player, journalist, and author (born 1887)[†]
Savielly Tartakower was a Polish chess player. He was awarded the title of International Grandmaster in its inaugural year, 1950. Tartakower was also a leading chess journalist and author of the 1920s and 1930s and is noted for his many witticisms.
In 1956, the world population was approximately 2,795,409,994 people[†]