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Aggressive slum-clearance programs can rid the city of its 400,000 substandard dwelling units in the next fifteen to twenty years, Robert Moses said yesterday.
LONDON, April 15--The welcome of Russian visitors will be "official, not national." The speaker was the Liberal politician Arthur Ponsonby, and the year 1909. The comment is valid today.
Foreign newsmen in Tiflis; find city outwardly calm, soldiers patrolling sts; most residents reticent but concede student demonstrations had taken place; Stalin statues and pors still in evidence; Zarya Vostoka again attacks Georgian nationalism; loud-speakers blare new party line
Beame discounts pay rises in excess of Exec Budget allocation, TV int; says Estimate Bd hearings showed no pub demand for higher pay at expense of school services
WASHINGTON, April 15--Administration officials said today that the United States was planning some special economic assistance for the members of the Baghdad Pact.
1956David M. Brown, American captain, pilot, and astronaut (died 2003)[†]
David McDowell Brown was a United States Navy captain and NASA astronaut. He died on his first spaceflight, when the Space Shuttle Columbia (STS-107) disintegrated during orbital reentry into the Earth's atmosphere. Brown became an astronaut in 1996 but had not served on a space mission prior to the Columbia disaster. He was posthumously awarded the Congressional Space Medal of Honor.
1956T Lavitz, American keyboard player, composer, and producer (died 2010)[†]
Terry "T" Lavitz was an American keyboardist, composer, and producer. He is best known for his work with the Dixie Dregs and Jazz Is Dead.
1956Lise-Marie Morerod, Swiss skier[†]
Lise-Marie Morerod is a Swiss former slalom skier. In 1977, she was women's overall season champion.
In 1956, the world population was approximately 2,795,409,994 people[†]