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Providing for establishment of natl defense exec reserve
M A Suslov, party propaganda chief under Stalin, denounces 1-man rule and 'cult of personality' as alien to collective leadership principle, s to cong; sees principle 'successfully re-established' in all party units; scores ideological 'scholastics' and dogmatists as outgrowth of personality cult; Deputy Premier Mikoyan attacks cult
Brit Commons, 293-262, backs Laborite amendment to abolish or suspend capital punishment; pending executions canceled; Prime Min Eden says Govt will implement decision, make statement on resulting consequences; vote transcends party lines, defeating Govt efforts to retain death penalty while revising law on murder; debate, past abolition efforts described
A thief with a twenty-year police record prowling for loot in parked cars on the upper West Side was killed last night in a ten-shot pistol battle with two detectives.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 16--A far-ranging investigation of any improper attempts to influence Congress through campaign contributions or other expenditures was projected today by a Senate subcommittee.
1956Richard Karn, American actor and game show host[†]
Richard Karn is an American actor, author and former game show host. He starred as Al Borland in the ABC series Home Improvement and as Fred Peters in the Hulu series Pen15. Karn was also the fourth host of Family Feud from 2002 to 2006.
In 1956, the world population was approximately 2,795,409,994 people[†]