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ILGWU Local 105 pact provides severance pay of 1 wks wages for each yr of employment if employer ceases operations or moves out of NY; seeks to discourage 'runaway' shops
US, Atty Williams, Dist Atty Hogan, NYS Atty Gen Javit??? s??? united drive against racketeering in all phases of NYC indus; Williams, holds racketeers 'invading' NYC; says if Hogan cannot get 2 accomplice witnesses for case as required by NYS law, he will prosecute under Fed law requiring only 1 witness; will give evidence on crimes not covered by Fed law to Hogan; Javits opens files to Williams
House, 366-4, approves Adm bill for 1-yr extension of present rates on liquor, gasoline, cigarettes and autos; Reprs Mason, Crumpacker, Prouty and Wier dissent; Ways and Means subcom tentatively agrees on 70 proposals for revising taxes without changing rates; urges new taxes on phonographs, tape and wire recorders, tubeless tires, gas-operated garbage disposal units and transistors; urges partial exemptions for schools and colls operated by non-profit orgns; urges 20% club and cabaret tax be cut to 10%; Repr Forand comments
agree on program raising cost of implementing recommendations to $91.2 million for yr starting in fall; proposals by Sen W J Mahoney, Speaker Heck and Harriman listed
Amb Cannon voices 'sympathetic concern' of US to Greece; gives US statement to Min Theotokis saying Makarios was exiled without prior consultation with US; Theotokis makes guarded reply; Greek Foreign Min source indicates Govt wants firmer US assurance, pledge of plebiscite under UN auspices or US support at Brit-Greek-US talks; US attache visits policeman hurt protecting 2 US soldiers
1956Indu Malhotra, Judge of the Supreme Court of India[†]
Indu Malhotra is a former Judge of the Supreme Court of India. Post retirement, she is practicing as a full-time arbitrator in international and domestic arbitrations. Prior to her elevation, she was practicing as a Senior Counsel in the Supreme Court of India, and various High Courts. In 2007, she was the second woman to be designated as a Senior Counsel by the Supreme Court, after more than three decades. In 2018, she was the first woman to be elevated directly from the Bar as a Judge of the Supreme Court of India. She demitted office in March 2021 on completion of her term. She has contributed significantly to arbitration jurisprudence, both as a Counsel and as a Judge.
1956Butch Wynegar, American baseball player and coach[†]
Harold Delano "Butch" Wynegar Jr. is an American former professional baseball catcher who played 13 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB). He played for the Minnesota Twins, New York Yankees and California Angels, and was a two-time All Star.
In 1956, the world population was approximately 2,795,409,994 people[†]