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April 23, 1956

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Barriers for Negro Here Still High Despite Gains; CITY SURVEY FINDS NEGROES DO WELL Many in Major Jobs New Group Forming Whites Moving Away Choice of School Limited Gerrymandering Seen Physicians Complain Slow Progress Expected

By Tillman Durdinthe New York Times

A Negro migrant to New York from the deep South recently observed: "I'd rather be a lamppost in New York than the Mayor of a city in Alabama."

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MACY STRIKE ENDS WITH COMPROMISE; Workers Accept Pay-Benefit Plan--Return Today MACY STRIKE ENDS WITH COMPROMISE

By Emanuel Perlmutter

Macy strike ends; union members approve compromise 3-yr pact giving $6 in increases during pact period and other benefits

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Clash on Border of Yemen Follows Signing of Three-Power Arab Pact; YEMEN BORDER SCENE OF CLASH

By Reuters

CAIRO, April 22--News of a clash between Yemeni forces and border guards of Britain's Aden region reached here today on the heels of the signing of a military pact by Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Yemen.

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RUSSIAN LEADERS GUESTS OF QUEEN; 16,000 Eastern Exiles March in Protest Against Visit of Khrushchev and Bulganin Fate of Czar Recalled RUSSIAN LEADERS GUESTS OF QUEEN

By Drew Middleton Special To the New York Times

Eden reptdly stressed need for Brit-USSR statement on relaxing tensions in talks with Bulganin and Khrushchev, London

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SOVIET CONDEMNS PRACTICE OF TRIAL BY CONFESSIONS; Judicial Journal in Moscow Criticizes Vishinsky for Having Developed It LEGAL SYSTEM IS TARGET Attack on Purge Prosecutor of Thirties Tied to Review of the Criminal Code Line Set by Khrushchev SOVIET CONDEMNS TRIAL PRACTICES

By Unknown Author

Soviet State and Law (pub) attacks practice of trial by confession; criticizes late A Y Vishinsky for developing it; attack in line with Khrushchev s to party cong calling for judicial reforms; pub urges thorough jurisprudence study; holds Vishinsky theory violates Socialist legality; attack strikes at entire prosecuting system; seen in line with current liberalizing of legal code

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Historical Context for April 23, 1956

In 1956, the world population was approximately 2,795,409,994 people^[†]