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In 1956, the world population was approximately 2,795,409,994 people[†]
1956Gerry Cooney, American boxer[†]
Gerald Arthur Cooney is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1977 to 1990. He challenged twice for world heavyweight titles in 1982 and 1987. He is widely regarded as one of the hardest punchers in heavyweight history. He beat Ken Norton and S. T. Gordon and Ron Lyle and Jimmy Young late in their careers. He boasts an 85.7% knockout to win percentage.
1956Kenji Mizoguchi, Japanese director and screenwriter (born 1898)[†]
Kenji Mizoguchi was a Japanese filmmaker who directed roughly one hundred films during his career between 1923 and 1956. His most acclaimed works include The Story of the Last Chrysanthemums (1939), The Life of Oharu (1952), Ugetsu (1953), and Sansho the Bailiff (1954), with the latter three all being awarded at the Venice International Film Festival. A recurring theme of his films was the oppression of women in historical and contemporary Japan. Together with Akira Kurosawa and Yasujirō Ozu, Mizoguchi is seen as a representative of the "golden age" of Japanese cinema.
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A J LaMarca confesses kidnapping, writing ransom note and abandoning baby a day later; por; quoted as saying he had gone to Weinberger home July 5 with baby to collect ransom but returned to own home, Plainview, LI, when he saw crowds in area; decided to abandon baby because of panic caused by publicity case was getting; arrested by FBI agent and Nassau detective; wife questioned, released; baby reptd abandoned on Manetto Hill Rd; map; police to search area; say quirk in ransom note handwriting was checked against thousands of pub records; arrest made after FBI identified LaMarca as note writer; LaMarca handed over to Nassau police because of lack of Fed jurisdiction in case; FBI to turn over all evidence to state; reveals LaMarca '54 arrest and probation in unregistered still case; commends LI Newsday for agreeing to withhold pub of important newsbreak; case revd
N S Khrushchev warns Arabs will not stand alone if war breaks out, stressing 'volunteers' would come to their defense; holds defense of Egypt in event of Western attack would be 'just war'; opposes internatl control of canal but says consultative orgn would be acceptable
Fed Reserve Bd raises discount rate 1/4% to 3% at NY, Phila, Chicago and Richmond banks; rise is 6th in 16 mos; 6 Reserve Banks to remain at 2 3/4% Bd says rise will discourage marginal borrowers but not hamper farm, retail and seasonal borrowers
US destroyer finds 2 empty rafts and some wreckage in E China Sea 100 mi SE of Shanghai; Peiping radio repts attack on 'Chiang Kai-shek' plane that intruded over coastal islands; US asks GB to get information on craft; missing listed; Sen Mansfield wires Acting Sec Hoover urging protest to Peiping and instructing Amb Johnson to seek explanation from Chinese Amb Wang Ping-nan at Geneva conf
Eisenhower renominated, spends morning at conv posing for photos with candidates; move called Operation Coattails and is part of Repub Natl Com campaign strategy
Nixon, renominated for VP, sees Repub control, acceptance s, Repub Conv
WASHINGTON, Aug. 23--The Agriculture Department had some good news today for farmers and Republicans. It estimated that net farm income this election year would increase for the first time since 1951.
LONDON, Aug. 23--Eighteen nations agreed today to ask Egypt to enter a negotiation for international operation of the Suez Canal. The canal has been entirely in the hands of the Egyptian Government since it nationalized the Suez Canall Company July 26.
Pres sees Repub victory, acceptance s
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 23-- President Eisenhower bid for a second term today with a pledge to stick to principles, not expediency, in a search for "peace for all time" and a better life for all Americans.
Sanitation Dept asks $73,361,626, City Planning Comm hearing on '57 capital budget; warns city runs out of land for waste disposal; asks over $30 million for incinerators