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AFL-CIO exec council to probe 'principle' behind abandoned ILA-Teamsters pact
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Wilson silent, news conf; terms Gen dedicated specialist; holds it difficult to foresee events far in future; repts USAF plans 45-plane heavy bomber wings; 11 wings seen operational by '58; Sec says Defense Dept gave LeMay full freedom on testimony; subcom postpones further testimony to permit Pentagon to clear Gen's replies to series of queries by members; Jackson says Gen Partridge testimony on USSR air power gains reinforces Dem charges that US is losing air superiority
holds USSR seeks amity with all nations, May Day s, Moscow
WASHINGTON, May 1--President Eisenhower and Republican Congressional leaders decided today to try to amend he new Democratic farm bill to authorize advance soil bank payments of $500,000,000 this election year.
1956Régis Labeaume, Canadian businessman and politician, 41st Mayor of Quebec City[†]
Régis Labeaume is a Canadian businessman, writer and politician. He served as mayor of Quebec City from 2007 to 2021. He was first elected on December 2, 2007 after the death of former mayor Andrée Boucher. He was reelected in 2009, 2013, and 2017.
In 1956, the world population was approximately 2,795,409,994 people[†]