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GB reconsiders arms sale to Israel to offset growing Egyptian mil power
WASHINGTON, March 23 --The State Department has canceled plans to send the Symphony of the Air on a foreign cultural tour because of alleged Communist activities among some of its members.
Wadsworth repts accord near; some differences reptd on makeup of govs bd
WASHINGTON, March 23-- Secretary of State Dulles called on the American people tonight to accept the Communist challenge in Asia by helping uncommitted nations to strengthen their independence.
Sen com kills bill; $40-50 million rate rise seen; Milmoe comments
1956Steve Ballmer, American businessman[†]
Steven Anthony Ballmer is an American businessman and investor who served as chief executive officer of Microsoft from 2000 to 2014. He is the owner of the Los Angeles Clippers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He is a co-founder of Ballmer Group, a philanthropic investment company.
1956Bill Wray, American cartoonist and painter[†]
William York Wray is an American cartoonist, animator and landscape painter widely known for his contributions to Mad and The Ren & Stimpy Show, as well as his current focus on regional landscape painting—under the names Bill Wray for his animated work and William Wray for his paintings.
1956E. T. Whittaker, British mathematician and physicist (born 1873)[†]
Sir Edmund Taylor Whittaker was a British mathematician, physicist, and historian of science. Whittaker was a leading mathematical scholar of the early 20th century who contributed widely to applied mathematics and was renowned for his research in mathematical physics and numerical analysis, including the theory of special functions, along with his contributions to astronomy, celestial mechanics, the history of physics, and digital signal processing.
In 1956, the world population was approximately 2,795,409,994 people[†]