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March 10, 1956

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Headlines from March 10, 1956

M'KAY TO RESIGN TO OPPOSE MORSE FOR SENATE SEAT; President Gives His Blessing to Move by G.O.P. to Oust Oregon Democrat SECRETARY SCORES FOE Asserts He Is Gunning for 'Left-Wingers'--Prepares for Hard Campaign 'Made Up Own Mind' M'KAY TO RESIGN TO OPPOSE MORSE Morse Bolted G.O.P. Morso Tactics Assailed

By Lawrence E. Davies Special To the New York Times

McKay resigns Cabinet post to seek Repub Sen nomination; wants to oppose Morse; says he is 'gunning for left-wingers and Socialists'; says Pres Eisenhower did not ask him to make race; Dems ridicule him, hail candidacy

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TUNIS MOB SACKS TWO U.S. OFFICES; French Demonstrators Raid Consulate and Library-- Loss Put at $20,000 Damage Put at $20,000 Americans Held Unpopular French Mob in Tunis Wrecks Consulate and Library of U.S.

By Thomas F. Brady Special To the New York Times

French mobs shout anti-Jewish slogans in attacking US Consulate and USIA library, Tunis

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BRITAIN DEPORTS CYPRUS PRELATE IN WAR ON TERROR; Expels Archbishop Makarios as Backer of Violence, Also Bishop and Aides DESTINATION IS A SECRET Island Terrorists Hit Back With Bombs--Greece Calls Envoy in London Home Evidence Against Them BRITAIN DEPORTS CYPRUS PRELATE Reaction Expected Cyprus Replies With Bombings

By Benjamin Welles Special To the New York Times

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4 BANDITS SEIZE $20,293 PAYROLL; Submachine Guns Are Used --5 Other Robberies in City 4 BANDITS SEIZE $20,293 PAYROLL Second Band of Thieves Owner Victimized

By Unknown Author

Robbers taking advantage of the Friday pay day reaped about $36,000 yesterday in six holdups in the city. No one was injured, no shots were fired and all the robbers escaped.

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Algerian Marchers Battle Police and Army in Paris; Strike Is a Surprise ALGERIAN GROUP IN A PARIS CLASH

By Henry Giniger Special To the New York Times

march of 10,000 Algerians on French Assembly, Paris, broken up by police; 2,700 arrested; map; illus; demonstration staged mainly by Algerian Natl Movement under Messali; includes surprise strike by Algerian workers in France

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1956Robert Llewellyn, English actor, producer, and screenwriter^[†]

Robert Llewellyn is a British actor, comedian, presenter and writer. He plays the mechanoid Kryten in the sci-fi television sitcom Red Dwarf and formerly presented the engineering gameshow Scrapheap Challenge. He has also founded and hosts a YouTube series, Fully Charged, which has grown into a company that puts on EV and "Everything Electric" conventions in the UK, USA, Canada, Australia and Europe.

1956Larry Myricks, American long jumper and sprinter^[†]

Larry Myricks is an American former track and field athlete, who mainly competed in the long jump event. He is a two-time winner of the World Indoor Championships and a two-time winner of the World Cup. He also won a bronze medal at the 1988 Seoul Olympics, and bronze medals at the World Championships in 1987 and 1991.

1956Odile Buisson, French gynecologist, advocate for women's right to pleasure^[†]

Odile Buisson born Odile Poullaouec is a French gynaecologist and writer. She was a co-researcher of sonography that revealed the internal structure of the clitoris.

Historical Context for March 10, 1956

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

Headlines from March 10, 1956

TUNIS MOB SACKS TWO U.S. OFFICES; French Demonstrators Raid Consulate and Library-- Loss Put at $20,000 Damage Put at $20,000 Americans Held Unpopular French Mob in Tunis Wrecks Consulate and Library of U.S.

4 BANDITS SEIZE $20,293 PAYROLL; Submachine Guns Are Used --5 Other Robberies in City 4 BANDITS SEIZE $20,293 PAYROLL Second Band of Thieves Owner Victimized

Algerian Marchers Battle Police and Army in Paris; Strike Is a Surprise ALGERIAN GROUP IN A PARIS CLASH

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Historical Context for March 10, 1956