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August 9, 1956

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Wife Says Doctors Cleared Roosevelt; ROOSEVELT'S TEST RECALLED BY WIFE Not Tied to Dropping Wallace McIntire Reaffirmed Finding

By Clayton Knowles

Mrs Roosevelt says Pres Roosevelt drs told him 3 mos before campaign he could carry out 4th-term duties, int, NYC; says he did not have heart attack; recalls health exam in May '44; holds health played no role in 4th-term decision or in decision to drop H A Wallace as running mate; says there was no family discussion on 4th term issue

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Stevenson Stand on Rights Perils First-Ballot Victory; STEVENSON STAND COSTS HIM VOTES Truman Due Tomorrow

By W.h. Lawrence Special To the New York Times

Stevenson backers admit privately that controversy might cost him 1st-ballot nomination; many Southern leaders do not regard damage to cause as irreparable; R M Jeffries thinks Stevenson may get Southern help if he uses influence for plank acceptable to South

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India to Attend Suez Talks; Likely to Speak for Egypt; Nehru, Indicating Cairo Will Reject Bid, Criticizes Big Three Western Powers-- Conditional Soviet Acceptance Seen INDIA TO ATTEND SUEZ CONFERENCE India's Stake in Canal Noted Keeping Peace Stressed

By A.m. Rosenthal Special To the New York Times

Nehru announces India will attend conf, s, Parliament; says acceptance is based on Brit assurances that India would not be bound by 3-power communique; holds India backs Egypt's right to nationalize Co but regrets suddenness of move and failure to consult others; blames US withdrawal of Aswan Dam aid offer; scores Brit-French mobilization and threats of force; says Egypt 'could not and would not' attend conf about which she was not consulted in advance; hopes India can aid peaceful settlement; V K Krishna Menon to attend conf; will conf with Nasser en route to London; India reptdly favors internatl advisory group, possibly under UN, and recognition of Egypt's sovereignty over canal; India's stake in canal, link to Kashmir case discussed

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276 Miners Trapped In Belgian Pit Fire; 276 Trapped in Belgian Mine When Flames Cut Off Escape Other Nationalities Listed Italians Irked at Disaster

By Special to The New York Times

276 miners trapped by fire, Casier du Bois mine, Marcinelle; map; 7 evacuees not expected to live; blaze laid to short-circuit caused by derailed truck cutting elec cable; King Baudouin, mins on scene; most of those trapped are Ital, others Greek, Belgian, Ger; Ital Govt sends Labor Min, Foreign Affairs Under Sec; readies appeal to Eur Coal and Steel Community on safety measures

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State Ruling Backs Teachers' Refusal To Inform on Reds; TEACHERS UPHELD ON RED QUESTION Other Violations Cited Duty to Confess

By Leonard Buder

Comr Allen affirms dismissal of D D Straus, who refused to answer queries on past Communist ties; holds pub employe has duty to give such data

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Notable Births

1956Gordon Singleton, Canadian Olympic cyclist (died 2024)^[†]

Gordon Singleton was a Canadian world-record holding track cyclist. In 1982, he became the first Canadian cyclist to win a world championship. He was the first, and only, cyclist in history to simultaneously hold world records in all three of track cycling's sprint races: the 200m, 500m and 1000m distances, all in a 24-hour span from October 9–10 in 1980. An Olympic racer, he was deprived of competing in the 1980 Summer Olympics at the peak of his career by Canada's boycott of those games in Moscow. He also competed and won gold medals in the 1978 Edmonton Commonwealth Games, and the 1979 Puerto Rico Pan Am Games for Canada. At the end of 1986, he was named a Companion of the Order of Canada. In his middle-age, he continued to cycle and took part in Master Series races, getting a bronze medal at the Canadian Nationals for his age group in 2014. He was inducted into the Canadian Cycling Hall of Fame in October 2015 along with some of his teammates from the 1970s and 1980s. His hometown of Niagara Falls, Ontario celebrated him many times over his life, including in 2004, as their best athlete in its first 100 years. After his cycling career was over, he took over his father's automotive parts business in Niagara Falls. In 2023, he was diagnosed with Cancer, and died from the disease in March 2024.

Historical Context for August 9, 1956

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