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June 27, 1956

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Headlines from June 27, 1956

CZECH PARTY LINE SET FOR STUDENTS; Universities Told to Impress Ideology on Resisters CZECH PARTY LINE SET FOR STUDENTS New Student Type Blamed

By Sydney Gruson Special To the New York Times

Govt acts to impress Communist ideology on univs; Min Kahuda says 'class selection' of students will be restored, pol training intensified; rejects student demands for halt to teaching Marxism-Leninism

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Moses Puts 12-Year, Billion-Dollar Road Plan Before City Council; MOSES ASKS ROADS COSTING A BILLION Moses Covers Wide Range

By Charles G. Bennett

Moses urges bldg, City Council

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ROADS BILL SENT TO WHITE HOUSE; 'GAS' TAX TO GO UP; $33,480,000,000 Measure Is Passed With One Dissent-- Levy Rises Due Sunday Standards to Be High ROADS BILL GOES TO WHITE HOUSE Estimates of Tax Yields

By John D. Morris Special To the New York Times

Cong passes hwy tax program; Sen Long only dissenter; new taxes seen yielding $14,814,000,000 in next 16 yrs

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Steel Leaders Hint 3-year Pact Offer; 3-YEAR CONTRACT FOR STEEL HINTED Long Strike Could Result 'Too Long' and 'Too Little' Joins Blue Shield Board

By A.h. Raskin

W A Jenkins

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TUNIS CHIEF BARS FRENCH PACT NOW; Premier Asserts He Will Not Sign Alliance So Long as Algerian War Continues Failure Held Possible TUNIS CHIEF BARS FRENCH PACT NOW

By Henry Giniger Special To the New York Times

Bourguiba in Paris for alliance talks with French; bars pact so long as French fight Algerians; Vice Premier Ladgham says Tunisian sovereignty must be complete, including French naval base, Bizerte; French Sec Savary stresses need to keep base, French forces in Tunisia; French need to block arms shipments from Libya through Tunisia to Algeria noted; Pineau says France will keep forces in Tunisia

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Notable Births

1956Heiner Dopp, German field hockey player and politician^[†]

Heiner Dopp is a former field hockey player from West Germany, who competed at three Summer Olympics for his native country. He won the silver medal with his team, in 1984 and in 1988 (Seoul). Dopp made his Olympic debut in 1976 (Montreal).

Historical Context for June 27, 1956

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