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NYS PSC rept blames NY,NH&H delays on heavy maintenance cutbacks, '54-55; comments on rr's proposed policy changes to improve service
H S Truman visits US mil cemetery, Suresnes, France
US Adm request far $70-million development assistance, fiscal '57, menaced by House com provision that aid go only to nations guaranteeing US private investments
Sen George, in capacity as Pres adviser, to urge more affirmative policy; holds present policy adamant, negative in response to USSR moves; wants Dems not to be inhibited in criticizing Adm because he will be one of its advisers
Pres Sukarno scores colonialism, s, US Cong
1956Catherine Corsini, French director and screenwriter[†]
Catherine Corsini is a French film director, screenwriter, and actress. Her film Replay was entered into the 2001 Cannes Film Festival. Her 2012 film Three Worlds competed in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival.
1956John Godber, English playwright and screenwriter[†]
John Harry Godber is an English playwright, known mainly for observational comedies. The Plays and Players Yearbook of 1993 rated him the third most performed playwright in the UK after William Shakespeare and Alan Ayckbourn. He has been creative director of the Theatre Royal Wakefield since 2011.
1956Maurice Tate, English cricketer (born 1895)[†]
Maurice William Tate was an English cricketer of the 1920s and 1930s and the leader of England's Test bowling attack for a long time during this period. He was also the first Sussex cricketer to take a wicket with his first ball in Test cricket.
In 1956, the world population was approximately 2,795,409,994 people[†]