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Eisenhower discusses US effort to wage peace, news conf
WASHINGTON, June 6--President Eisenhower refused today to intervene in the Wisconsin primary election, in which Senator Alexander Wiley faces a fight for the Republican nomination.
The "Big Three" wage talks in steel got under way here yesterday, with executives of at least eight other large steel producers reported to be in town to keep an eye on the pattern-setting negotiations. Directly involved in the talks at the Roosevelt Hotel were ...
opposes barring MSP aid to neutrals or Yugoslavia
Bundestag approves changes in '53 indemnification law for victims of Nazis; payments widened, time limit extended to '62; other changes
1956John Willcock, Australian politician, 15th Premier of Western Australia (born 1879)[†]
John Collings Willcock was an Australian politician. He was the premier of Western Australia from 1936 to 1945, holding office as state leader of the Australian Labor Party (ALP). He was a member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly from 1917 to 1947, representing the seat of Geraldton. Prior to entering politics he was a railways worker and train driver.
In 1956, the world population was approximately 2,795,409,994 people[†]