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repts magistrates will hold night ct starting Mar 1 for all cases except trials; illus
Deputy Atty Gen Rogers asks FBI probe donation to Case; Case gives donor's name to FBI but refuses to make it pub; Johnson repts plans for bipartisan Sen probe com following conf with Knowland, Bridges, Clements; Fulbright lauds move; scores timing of Case disclosure, failure to name donor; Case replies
wins $100,000 on 3d try; illus
conv, Fresno; A E Stevenson, Sen Kefauver s; illus
Output, Kazakhastan, USSR, to rise 9 times with completion of new plants at Semipalatinsk and Chimkent
1956Vinnie Colaiuta, American drummer[†]
Vincent Peter Colaiuta is an American drummer known for his technical mastery who has worked as a session musician in many genres. He was inducted into the Modern Drummer Hall of Fame in 1996 and the Classic Drummer Hall of Fame in 2014. Colaiuta has won one Grammy Award and has been nominated twice. Since the late 1970s, he has recorded and toured with Frank Zappa, Joni Mitchell, and Sting, among many other appearances in the studio and in concert.
1956Héctor Rebaque, Mexican race car driver[†]
Héctor Alonso Rebaque is a Mexican former racing driver and businessman, who competed in Formula One from 1977 to 1981.
1956David Wiesner, American author and illustrator[†]
David Wiesner is an American illustrator and writer of children's books, known best for picture books including some that tell stories without words. As an illustrator he has won three Caldecott Medals recognizing the year's "most distinguished American picture book for children" and he was one of five finalists in 2008 for the biennial, international Hans Christian Andersen Award, the highest recognition available for creators of children's books.
1956Mao Daichi, Japanese actress[†]
Mayumi Morita , better known as Mao Daichi , is a Japanese actress and former Top Star otokoyaku of the Japanese Takarazuka Revue's Moon Troupe.
In 1956, the world population was approximately 2,795,409,994 people[†]