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July 12, 1956

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Headlines from July 12, 1956

VIEW ON NEUTRALS EASED BY DULLES; Secretary Asserts There Are 'Very Few, if Any' Nations of the Immoral Kind Switzerland a Special Case Dulles Eases Views on Neutrals; Sees 'Very Few' of Immoral Kind Allusion to India Seen Nixon Assures Pakistanis Basic U.S. Change Doubted

By Dana Adams Schmidt Special To the New York Times

Sen Kefauver, Repr Celler charge Nixon attack on neutralism perils friendship of India, other Asian nations; Nixon declines comment; says he found Asian leaders unwaveringly opposed to Communist aggression, s, Washington

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DULLES IS HOPEFUL OF BETTER WORLD WITH RED SHIFTS; Thinks Forces at Work Among Communists Will Produce Gains in Next Decade Soviet Resolution Criticized Dulles Is Hopeful Shifts by Reds Will Better World in Next Decade Interference by U.S. Opposed

By Edwin L. Dale Jr. Special To the New York Times

Dulles hails liberalizing forces in Communist movement; holds them not irreversible at this point, news conf; says Central Com resolution ignored point that Stalinist evils extended outside USSR

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Notable Births

Mel Harris

1956Mel Harris, American actress[†]

Mel Harris is an American actress best known for her role as Hope Murdoch Steadman in the ABC drama series Thirtysomething (1987–1991), for which she received a Golden Globe nomination in 1990.

Sandi Patty

1956Sandi Patty, American singer and pianist[†]

Sandra Faye "Sandi" Patty is an American Christian music singer, known for her wide soprano vocal range and expressive flexibility.

Mario Soto (baseball)

1956Mario Soto, Dominican baseball player[†]

Mario Melvin Soto is a Dominican former pitcher, mostly as a starter, for the Cincinnati Reds of Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1977 through 1988. He currently works in the Reds' front office.

Notable Deaths

John Hayes (Tasmanian politician)

1956John Hayes, Australian politician, 25th Premier of Tasmania (born 1868)[†]

John Blyth Hayes was an Australian politician who served as a Senator for Tasmania from 1923 to 1947. He was President of the Senate from 1938 to 1941. Before entering federal politics, he had been a member of the Parliament of Tasmania from 1913 to 1923 and served as Premier of Tasmania for almost exactly one year, from 1922 to 1923.

Historical Context for July 12, 1956

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