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12-nation charter conf unanimously accepts compromise linking Agency with UN; Agency not to be under Security Council as USSR proposed or loosely linked as specialized agency as US proposed; full ratification conf planned at UN, Sept
Editorial on NJ primary deplores complexity of ballot, light vote
palace chamberlain Count d'Allieres collapes few minutes before wedding
P G Hoffman gets C Hull award
C F Craig repts AT&T plans record $2.1-billion expansion, '56; illus; co becomes 1st in history to top $2 billion figure; Craig links ever-rising demand for phone service; repts new orders to date far ahead of '55 period; sees 50 million phones in service by '57; repts continued gains in long-distance business; chart shows AT&T capital outlay for expansion since '46
1956Anne Glover, Scottish biologist and academic[†]
Dame Lesley Anne Glover is a Scottish biologist and academic. She was Professor of molecular biology and cell biology at the University of Aberdeen before being named Vice Principal for External Affairs and Dean for Europe. She served as Chief Scientific Adviser to the President of the European Commission from 2012 to 2014. In 2018 she joined the Principal's senior advisory team at the University of Strathclyde.
1956Actress Grace Kelly marries Prince Rainier of Monaco.[†]
Grace Patricia Kelly, also known as Grace of Monaco, was an American actress and Princess of Monaco as the wife of Prince Rainier III from their marriage on April 18, 1956, until her death in 1982. Prior to her marriage, she achieved stardom in several significant Hollywood films in the early to mid-1950s. She received an Academy Award and three Golden Globe Awards, and was ranked 13th on the American Film Institute's 25 Greatest Female Stars list.
In 1956, the world population was approximately 2,795,409,994 people[†]