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Urges restoring Cong cuts in MSP funds, statement
Coll pres office converted into temporary office for Pres Eisenhower during Gettysburg convalescence
BLS and Census Bur rept June employment at record 66.5 million; rise laid to summer jobs; drop in mfg noted; unemployment at 2.9 million
Nixon unable to say whether US would ever recognize Peiping until 'situation' arose that would make US change its position, press conf, Karachi; sees no signs of such 'situation,'
9 headed by V Gerashchenko join some 200 Western bankers at session; illus
1956Tom McClintock, American lawyer and politician[†]
Thomas Miller McClintock II is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for California's 5th congressional district since 2009. His district stretches from the Sacramento suburbs to the outer suburbs of Fresno; it includes Yosemite National Park. A member of the Republican Party, McClintock served as a California state assemblyman from 1982 to 1992 and from 1996 to 2000, when he became a California state senator, a position he held until 2008. He unsuccessfully ran for governor of California in the 2003 recall election and for Lieutenant Governor of California in the 2006 election.
1956K. Rajagopal, Malaysian football manager[†]
Datuk K. Rajagobal is a Malaysian football manager and former player. He is the former head coach of the Malaysia national team and the under-23 football team, guiding the team to win the 2010 AFF Championship earning the nickname "King Gopal."
1956Joe Giard, American baseball player (born 1898)[†]
Joseph Oscar Giard was an American major league baseball pitcher.
In 1956, the world population was approximately 2,795,409,994 people[†]