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Statement on signing farm bill
Lebwohl, Fried agree to time extension for 4; FHA expected to issue commitments soon
PITTSBURGH, May 28-- The year's most crucial wage negotiations opened in this steel capital today.
Defense Dept aides back Nike; rept Nike I warhead being improved to cut 'circular probability of error'; warhead is 6 times larger than 90mm AA shell, contains pre-formed slugs; Nike B to have warhead 4 times larger than, range twice that of Nike I; will cope with fleets of aircraft as well as lone planes; all Nike I emplacements already include launchers for Nike B; 'universal' fire control system being mfrd; study begun on Nike II, antimissile weapon able to destroy intercontinental ballistic missiles
1956Mark Lyall Grant, English diplomat, British Ambassador to the United Nations[†]
Sir Mark Justin Lyall Grant is a former senior British diplomat who was previously the United Kingdom's National Security Adviser and Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the United Nations.
1956La Toya Jackson, American singer-songwriter and actress[†]
La Toya Yvonne Jackson is an American singer and television personality. The fifth child and middle daughter of the Jackson family, Jackson first gained recognition on the family's variety television series, The Jacksons, on CBS between 1976 and 1977. Thereafter, she saw success as a solo recording artist under multiple record labels in the 1980s and 1990s, including Polydor, Sony Music and RCA, where she released nine studio albums over the course of 15 years. Her most successful releases in the United States were her self-titled debut album (1980) and the 1984 single "Heart Don't Lie". Jackson's other songs include "If You Feel the Funk", "Bet'cha Gonna Need My Lovin'", "Hot Potato", "You're Gonna Get Rocked!", and "Sexbox". Another one of Jackson's songs, "Just Say No" from her fifth album was composed for US first lady Nancy Reagan and Reagan administration's anti-drug campaign.
In 1956, the world population was approximately 2,795,409,994 people[†]