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August 23, 1956

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Cairo Issues Threat Of Canal Priorities; CAIRO THREATENS SUEZ FAVORITISM Tension Seen Mounting West Sees Fears Confirmed

By Osgood Caruthers Special To the New York Times

Under Sec Yunis (Egypt) threatens to give priority to ships other than those of GB and France if Brit and French pilots quit jobs; charges some are feigning illness; states Egypt wants to hire 300 new pilots and has already found 30; says any foreign Canal Co employe may quit provided legal practices are observed and navigation is not affected; Brit spokesman Sir G Young scores announcement as discrimination; Foreign Office terms it grave; Lloyd challenges Shepilov assertion that Egypt is running canal satisfactorily; charges Egypt's policy threatens efficient operation

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NIXON AT BEDSIDE OF AILING FATHER; Flies to His Home on Word of Critical Illness--Return to Convention Uncertain NIXON AT BEDSIDE OF AILING FATHER Relatives Present Misses Collapse of Drive

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Nixon flies from conv to be with ill father; hails Pres, own renomination; leaves before collapse of Stassen, Knight drives

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TWO ACCEPT TODAY; Eisenhower Says That No Rival to Nixon Came Forward Convention Is Jubilant President Tells of Capitulation In Dramatic News Conference Knight Also Capitulates Halleck Hails President Stassen Is 'Convinced'

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

Stassen announces intention to return to post

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DEWEY SAYS G.O.P. WILL GUARD PEACE; Cites President's Record-- Calls His Re-election Best for Nation's Prosperity DEWEY SAYS G.O.P. WILL GUARD PEACE

By Leo Egan Special To the New York Times

s, Repub Natl Conv, claiming US hope of continued peace and prosperity depends on Pres Eisenhower; scores Dem record

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U.S. NAVAL PLANE MISSING IN ATTACK OFF CHINA'S COAST; 16 Men Aboard Patrol Craft --Fighter Cover Is Sent With the Search Party Attacked at Night U.S. PLANE MISSING OFF CHINA COAST Other Incidents Recalled Reds' Airbases Near Area

By Special to The New York Times

USN P4M Mercador patrol bomber with 16 aboard missing over internatl waters off Communist China after attack by aircraft presumed to be Communist Chinese; air-sea search under way; map; text of USN statement; other incidents recalled; proximity of Communist bases noted

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1956Andreas Floer, German mathematician and academic (died 1991)^[†]

Andreas Floer was a German mathematician who made seminal contributions to symplectic topology, and mathematical physics, in particular the invention of Floer homology. Floer's first pivotal contribution was a solution of a special case of Arnold's conjecture on fixed points of a symplectomorphism. Because of his work on Arnold's conjecture and his development of instanton homology, he achieved wide recognition and was invited as a plenary speaker for the International Congress of Mathematicians held in Kyoto in August 1990. He received a Sloan Fellowship in 1989.

1956Valgerd Svarstad Haugland, Norwegian educator and politician, Norwegian Minister of Culture^[†]

Valgerd Svarstad Haugland is a Norwegian teacher, politician and civil servant.

1956Skipp Sudduth, American actor^[†]

Robert Lee "Skipp" Sudduth IV is an American theater, film and television actor. He appeared in the 1998 film Ronin and the TV drama Third Watch.

Historical Context for August 23, 1956

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

Headlines from August 23, 1956

Cairo Issues Threat Of Canal Priorities; CAIRO THREATENS SUEZ FAVORITISM Tension Seen Mounting West Sees Fears Confirmed

NIXON AT BEDSIDE OF AILING FATHER; Flies to His Home on Word of Critical Illness--Return to Convention Uncertain NIXON AT BEDSIDE OF AILING FATHER Relatives Present Misses Collapse of Drive

TWO ACCEPT TODAY; Eisenhower Says That No Rival to Nixon Came Forward Convention Is Jubilant President Tells of Capitulation In Dramatic News Conference Knight Also Capitulates Halleck Hails President Stassen Is 'Convinced'

DEWEY SAYS G.O.P. WILL GUARD PEACE; Cites President's Record-- Calls His Re-election Best for Nation's Prosperity DEWEY SAYS G.O.P. WILL GUARD PEACE

U.S. NAVAL PLANE MISSING IN ATTACK OFF CHINA'S COAST; 16 Men Aboard Patrol Craft --Fighter Cover Is Sent With the Search Party Attacked at Night U.S. PLANE MISSING OFF CHINA COAST Other Incidents Recalled Reds' Airbases Near Area

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