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June 16, 1956

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Headlines from June 16, 1956

SENATE UNIT ADDS 100 MILLION MORE FOR FOREIGN AID; Fund Slated for Economic Help to Asia--Bill Rises to $4,500,000,000 Administration Wins Points 100 MILLION MORE RESTORED TO AID

By William S. White Special To the New York Times

Sen com urges Sen spend $4 million to build Israeli Bar Assn library wing with proceeds from '52 bi-lateral pact

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STEEL UNION BARS BIG 3 WAGE OFFER; COMPANIES FIRM; Labor Chief Calls Proposed 5-Year Benefits 'Picayune' --Negotiations Resumed Attack by McDonald STEEL UNION BARS BIG 3 WAGE OFFER Average Rises Cited Union's View Disputed Provides for Emergency

By A.h. Raskinthe New York Times

Leaders of 650,000 union steel workers rejected yesterday a proposed five-year no-strike contract with fixed annual wage increases, a fifty-two-week unemployment pay plan and other employe gains.

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Heat Rises to 94.8 ; Little Relief Today; HEAT RISES TO 94.8; LITTLE RELIEF DUE

By Unknown Author

94.8, June 15 record; effects; high marks in nearby areas noted

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EDUCATION CHIEF FOR U.S. RESIGNS; Commissioner Brownell Will Head Detroit Schools-- Praised by President EDUCATION CHIEF FOR U.S. RESIGNS 279,000 Pupils in System

By the Associated Press

Resigns to be Detroit Schools Supt at $30,000 a yr, higher salary than that of any Mich pub official; Pres Eisenhower accepts resignation, lr; with Sec Folsom hails achievements; Brownell press int

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INJUNCTION ASKED ON NEW WALKOUT BY SUBWAY UNION; Motormen Ordered to Court Monday on Writ Obtained by Transit Authority SERVICE AGAIN NORMAL Action Is Taken to Forestall a Stoppage Threatened for Next Wednesday Quill Charges Strike Plan SUBWAYS NORMAL; NEW STRIKE LOOMS 25 Union Aides Suspended State Law Not Invoked Motormen Meet Tuesday Backed by Three Unions

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NYCTA ask injunction against Benevolent Assn to prevent new walkout; union plans mass meeting; Loos says responsibility for further trouble will rest with Wagner, NYCTA for failure to hear motormen's grievances; Patterson says NYCTA is ready for new strike; Quill charges 'waterfront mobs' seek to take over transit system; holds hoodlums intimidated loyal TWU members, tampered with power lines; 3 other anti-Quill unions pledge support to motormen; illus

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Historical Context for June 16, 1956

In 1956, the world population was approximately 2,795,409,994 people^[†]