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Buses of the Third Avenue Transit Corporation may stop running for several hours this morning if the line's 3,800 employes make good on their threat to stage a protest rally at 11 A. M.
Fed Reserve Monthly Bulletin cites Jan-Apr starts and Apr vol to refute charge its tight-money policy has hurt bldg
comment on rejection as posing pol problem for Eisenhower Adm
Japanese rept earth tremors, atmospheric disturbances indicate new blast in Bikini area
ROME, May 27--All indications were that Italian voters had confounded their own pessimistic prophets and turned out in great numbers today to vote in country-wide municipal and provincial elections.
1956Jerry Douglas, American guitarist and producer[†]
Gerald Calvin Douglas is an American Dobro and lap steel guitar player and record producer. He is widely regarded as "perhaps the finest Dobro player in contemporary acoustic music, and certainly the most celebrated and prolific". A 14-time Grammy winner, he has been called "Dobro's matchless contemporary master" by The New York Times and is among the most innovative recording artists in music, both as a solo artist and member of numerous bands, such as Alison Krauss and Union Station and The Earls of Leicester. He has been a co-director of the Transatlantic Sessions since 1998.
1956Jeff Dujon, Jamaican cricketer[†]
Peter Jeffrey Leroy Dujon is a retired West Indian cricketer and current commentator. He was a part of the West Indian squad which finished as runners-up at the 1983 Cricket World Cup.
1956Markus Höttinger, Austrian racing driver (died 1980)[†]
Markus Höttinger was an Austrian racing driver who died after an accident at Germany's Hockenheimring during the third lap of the second round of the 1980 European Formula Two Championship, on 13 April 1980. He was 23 years old at the time.
1956Peter Wilkinson, English admiral[†]
Vice Admiral Peter John Wilkinson, is a retired senior Royal Navy officer who served as Deputy Chief of Defence Staff (Personnel) from 2007 to 2010. He was National President of the Royal British Legion from 2012 until 2016.
In 1956, the world population was approximately 2,795,409,994 people[†]