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E T Anisloa, 38, youths G Acebedo, J Rayes, A Gonzales and G L Anisloa
NYCTA repts July total on all lines excluding Rockaway Branch 2.15% above July '55; repts 407,145 used Rockaway Branch for revenue of $182,186, 50% less than expected; blames rainy wk-ends
H C Hoover plans '3d farewell address' to conv; agreed to s only after Hall had Eisenhower intervene
WASHINGTON, Aug. 9--President Eisenhower invited Congressional leaders today to a White House conference Sunday to inform them of the gravity with which the Government viewed the Suez Canal crisis.
Shigemitsu to conf with N S Khrushchev, Premier Bulganin after further conf with Shepilov fails; subcom on minor issues meets
1956Dianne Fromholtz, Australian tennis player[†]
Dianne Fromholtz Balestrat is an Australian former professional tennis player who reached a highest singles ranking of world No. 4 in 1979.
1956José Luis Montes, Spanish footballer and manager (died 2013)[†]
José Luis Montes Vicente was a Spanish professional football player and manager.
1956Fred Ottman, American wrestler[†]
Fred Alex Ottman is an American retired professional wrestler. He worked for the World Wrestling Federation from 1989 to 1993 under the ring names Tugboat and Typhoon. As the former, he played a key babyface ally of Hulk Hogan. As the latter, he turned heel to form The Natural Disasters with Earthquake and held the WWF Tag Team Championship.
1956Charlie Peacock, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer[†]
Charles William Ashworth, known professionally as Charlie Peacock, is an American singer, songwriter, pianist, record producer, and author. His albums include Love Press Ex-Curio, Arc of the Circle and No Man's Land (2012). He is the founder of re:think, a record label that signed acts such as Switchfoot.
1956Perween Warsi, Indian-English businesswoman[†]
Perween Warsi, was the founder and Chief Executive of S&A Foods until 2015.
In 1956, the world population was approximately 2,795,409,994 people[†]