CITY URGED TO ASK MORE SLUM FUNDS; Request for Maximum U.S. Aid of 140 Million Proposed
By Charles Grutzner
Comr Moses cites project as 1 of 8 that would be spurred by further Fed housing subsidies for NYC
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June 8, 1956
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BONN TO PAY PART OF U.S. TROOP COST; Accord Reached as Adenauer Prepares to Come Here to Urge Unity of Germany
By Arthur J. Olsen Special To the New York Times
W Ger Govt and Opposition compromise on plan for conscription bill by fall; Govt agrees not to set service term, leaving way open for another bill before draft is effective
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G. O. P. Plank Criticizes Ribicoff For Voiding Speeders' Licenses; G.O.P. CHALLENGES RIBICOFF ON SPEED
By Special to The New York Times
proposed Conn Repub plank scores Ribicoff anti-speeding drive; Ribicoff defends it
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Boston Symphony Will Play is Russia; Boston Symphony Accepts a Bid To Play in Soviet Union Sept. 5-10
By Ross Parmenter
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3 Niagara Rockfalls Tumble Power Plant Into the River's Gorge and Kill a Worker; Rockslides Wreck Power Station at Niagara Falls
By the Associated Press
Niagara Mohawk Power hydroelec station (Schoellkopf) almost totally destroyed by rockslides; all power in Niagara Falls area knocked out
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Notable Deaths
1956Marie Laurencin, French painter and sculptor (born 1883)[†]
Marie Laurencin was a French painter and printmaker. She became an important figure in the Parisian avant-garde as a member of the Cubists associated with the Section d'Or.
Historical Context for June 8, 1956
In 1956, the world population was approximately 2,795,409,994 people[†]