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August 13, 1956

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SUMMER COURTS PUT ONLY A DENT IN BACKLOG HERE; Injury Case Totals Remain High as Experiment Passes the Mid-Seasonal Mark Final Judgment Withheld SUPREME COURT CITY COURT MUNICIPAL COURT SUMMER COURTS CHIP AT BACKLOG

By Clayton Knowles

summer trials, at halfway mark, only dent backlog of accident cases; disposition of cases, settlements good; Judicial Conf counsel McCoy, Pres Justice Eppig comment; table shows backlog as of June 30, dispositions in July and percentage of backlog reduction

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SPECIAL MASTERS FOR DORIA CLAIMS TO BE APPOINTED; Four Lawyers Will Preside at the Taking of Pre-Trial Testimony on Sinking Ship Sank July 26 SPECIAL MASTERS NAMED IN SINKING Dates Set Thus Far

By Milton Bracker

to be special master at pre-trial depositions on Andrea Doria sinking

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PRESIDENT CALLS PARTY TO BATTLE; Convention Message Urges 'Tireless Effort' by G.O.P. PRESIDENT CALLS PARTY TO BATTLE Asks 'Hard, Devoted Work' Schoeppel Calls For Nixon

By Lawrence E. Davies Special To the New York Times

Eisenhower urges 'Repubs everywhere' to work hard in elections

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500,000 GERMANS AT CHURCH RALLY; Protestant Laymen Are Told to Keep Anti-Red Faith 500,000 GERMANS AT CHURCH RALLY

By Arthur J. Olsen Special To the New York Times

25,000 E Gers join in demonstration at Frankfurt exhorting Christians to keep faith in face of oppression by 'systems,'

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American Revives Biblical Scroll Case; SCHOLAR REVIVES SCROLL MYSTERY 'Black Charms' Found Dealer Called Forger Of 15 Leather Strips

By John Hillaby Special To the New York Times

Prof Mansoor seeks scroll alleged by late Jerusalem antique dealer M W Shapira to have been found near Dead Sea in 1878, then judged forgery; believes it is in Brit Museum

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1956Rohinton Fali Nariman, Judge of the Supreme Court of India^[†]

Rohinton Fali Nariman is a former judge of the Supreme Court of India. Before being elevated as a judge, he practised as a senior counsel at the Supreme Court. He was appointed the Solicitor General of India on 23 July 2011. He also served as a member of the Bar Council of India. He was designated as a Senior Counsel by Chief Justice Manepalli Narayana Rao Venkatachaliah in 1993 at the early age of 37.

Historical Context for August 13, 1956

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

Headlines from August 13, 1956

SUMMER COURTS PUT ONLY A DENT IN BACKLOG HERE; Injury Case Totals Remain High as Experiment Passes the Mid-Seasonal Mark Final Judgment Withheld SUPREME COURT CITY COURT MUNICIPAL COURT SUMMER COURTS CHIP AT BACKLOG

SPECIAL MASTERS FOR DORIA CLAIMS TO BE APPOINTED; Four Lawyers Will Preside at the Taking of Pre-Trial Testimony on Sinking Ship Sank July 26 SPECIAL MASTERS NAMED IN SINKING Dates Set Thus Far

PRESIDENT CALLS PARTY TO BATTLE; Convention Message Urges 'Tireless Effort' by G.O.P. PRESIDENT CALLS PARTY TO BATTLE Asks 'Hard, Devoted Work' Schoeppel Calls For Nixon

500,000 GERMANS AT CHURCH RALLY; Protestant Laymen Are Told to Keep Anti-Red Faith 500,000 GERMANS AT CHURCH RALLY

American Revives Biblical Scroll Case; SCHOLAR REVIVES SCROLL MYSTERY 'Black Charms' Found Dealer Called Forger Of 15 Leather Strips

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