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ALTHOUGH the blizzardbound may have had no sane reason to lift voice in song last week, there was no uncertainty among movie observers that a large volume and variety of music greeted the advent of spring here.
Sen Humphrey predicts Repubs will 'openly advance' idea that Eisenhower must be part-time Pres if re-elected, s, Denver
101st Airborne Div being reactivated as Army's 1st atomic-armed div; Maj Gen Sherburne repts unit will get Honest John arty missile with atomic or conventional warheads and secret weapon, presumably atomic cannon smaller than 280-mm type; div reorgn and streamlining for nuclear combat described; many former officers and cadre seek to rejoin; unit history; shoulder patch illus
ANNAPOLIS, Md., March 24 --The University of Illinois team won the National Collegiate fencing championship today.
The Bayside golf course in Queens, one of the most popular in the metropolitan area, has been sold by the Cord-Meyer family interests and soon will be cut up for a housing development.
1956Lou Moore, American race car driver (born 1904)[†]
Lewis Henry Moore was an American racing driver and team owner. He was most known during his racing career for qualifying on the pole position for the 1932 Indianapolis 500. He was a five-time Indianapolis 500 winning owner, a record which stood until 1987.
1956Robert Newton, English actor (born 1905)[†]
Robert Guy Newton was an English actor. Along with Errol Flynn, Newton was one of the more popular actors among the male juvenile audience of the 1940s and early 1950s, especially with British boys. Known for his hard-living life, he was cited as a role model by the actor Oliver Reed and the Who's drummer Keith Moon.
In 1956, the world population was approximately 2,795,409,994 people[†]