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May 10, 1956

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Foreign Intervention in Algeria Is Rebels' Aim, French Charge; Lacoste Lays Terror Campaign to Bid for World Pressure-- Guerrilla Raids Spread yt-1950-12-20.xmlyt-1956-11-07.xmlyt-1951-01-11.xmlyt-1951-01-11.xmlyt-1950-12-17.xmlyt-1951-01-11.xmlyt-1950-09-30.xmlFRENCH SEE RAIDS AS ALGERIAN PLOT Force of 380,000 in Sight

By Robert C. Doty Special To the New York Times

PARIS, May 9--Algerian rebel hopes of evicting France from North Africa rest exclusively on the possibility of foreign pressure and intervention, Robert Lacoste, French Minister Residing in Algeria, said today.

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Eden Hints Frogman Spied On Soviet, but Rejects Onus; EDEN GIVES HINT FROGMAN WAS SPY Disciplinary Action

By Drew Middleton Special To the New York Times

LONDON, May 9--Prime Minister Eden said today that the frogman who was lost while diving near the Soviet cruiser Ordzhonikidze in Portsmouth Harbor was not engaged in operations sanctioned by the British Government.

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Armstrong's Jazz 'Sends' a Princess; ARMSTRONG'S JAZZ 'SENDS' A PRINCESS

By the Associated Press

LONDON, May 9--Louis (Satchmo) Armstrong tonight broke all rules of theatrical protocol before Princess Margaret and the Princess apparently loved it.

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RIOTERS IN ATHENS STONE U.S. OFFICE; CYPRIOTES HANGED; 3 Die in Greek Capital Strife --British Also Attacked in Protests at Sentences 2 TERRORISTS EXECUTED They Die in Nicosia Prison Amid Security Precautions and Tension on Island 1954 Rioting Recalled 3 SLAIN IN ATHENS IN RIOT ON CYPRUS

By the Associated Press

ATHENS, May 9--Sympathy for two Greek Cypriote terrorists condemned to be hanged boiled up here today in rioting against Britain and the United States. Three persons were killed and 124 injured before Greek troops and the police restored order.

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TRUMAN APPLAUDS HARRIMAN INSIGHT ON FOREIGN POLICY; Cites 1945 Warning on Reds --Four Freedoms Award Presented to Governor Origin in Roosevelt Speech TRUMAN PRAISES HARRIMAN VISION

By Douglas Dalesthe New York Times

Truman, speaking at dinner at which Harriman recd Four Freedoms Award, lauds him

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1956Vladislav Listyev, Russian journalist (died 1995)^[†]

Vladislav (Vlad) Nikolayevich Listyev was a Soviet, later Russian journalist and head of the ORT TV Channel.

Historical Context for May 10, 1956

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

Headlines from May 10, 1956

Eden Hints Frogman Spied On Soviet, but Rejects Onus; EDEN GIVES HINT FROGMAN WAS SPY Disciplinary Action

Armstrong's Jazz 'Sends' a Princess; ARMSTRONG'S JAZZ 'SENDS' A PRINCESS

RIOTERS IN ATHENS STONE U.S. OFFICE; CYPRIOTES HANGED; 3 Die in Greek Capital Strife --British Also Attacked in Protests at Sentences 2 TERRORISTS EXECUTED They Die in Nicosia Prison Amid Security Precautions and Tension on Island 1954 Rioting Recalled 3 SLAIN IN ATHENS IN RIOT ON CYPRUS

TRUMAN APPLAUDS HARRIMAN INSIGHT ON FOREIGN POLICY; Cites 1945 Warning on Reds --Four Freedoms Award Presented to Governor Origin in Roosevelt Speech TRUMAN PRAISES HARRIMAN VISION

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