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September 3, 1956

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Historical Context for September 3, 1956

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

Notable Births

1956Jishu Dasgupta, Indian actor and director (died 2012)^[†]

Jishu Dasgupta was an Indian Bengali television director and actor. After suffering from cancer for nine months, he died on 21 December 2012 in a hospital in Kolkata.

1956Pat McGeown, Irish republican activist (died 1996)^[†]

Pat "Beag" McGeown was a volunteer in the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) who took part in the 1981 Irish hunger strike.

1956Stephen Woolley, English director and producer^[†]

Stephen Woolley is an English filmmaker and actor. His career has spanned four decades, for which he was awarded the BAFTA award for Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema in February 2019. As a producer, he has been Oscar-nominated for The Crying Game (1992), and has produced multi-Academy Award nominated films including Mona Lisa (1986), Little Voice (1998), Michael Collins (1996), The End of the Affair (1999), Interview with the Vampire (1994), and Carol (2016). He runs the production company Number 9 Films with his partner Elizabeth Karlsen.

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Headlines from September 3, 1956

PEIPING REJECTS DAMAGE CLAIMS BY U.S. FOR PLANE; Calls Attack on Patrol Craft in Nationalist War Zone 'Entirely Justified' U.S. Statement Recalled PEIPING REJECTS U.S. BID ON PLANE

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rejects compensation; admits attack but holds it justified since craft was over Chinese territory in war zone

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Tank-Led National Guard Quiets Town in Tennessee; SOLDIERS ARRIVE IN CLINTON, TENN. Sight-seers Clog Roads Tear Gas Bombs Thrown

By John N. Popham Special To the New York Times

Natl Guard uses 7 tanks to quell threatened new violence, Clinton; illus; Adj Gen Henry says troops will remain until peace is restored; stresses troops are not used to force integration or oppose it; illus; Capt Dealy puts cost of using Guard at $10,000 a day; some newsmen and photographers barred from pro-segregation rally near Clinton; R Stolley of Life repts 150 attended; identities some as participants in earlier violence; Guard protects Negro sailor J Chandler passing through Clinton

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NASSER To INSIST ON SOVEREIGNTY IN SUEZ SOLUTION; Says He Would Accept Any Plan That Does Not Affect His Nation's Rights HINTS AT AID OF SOVIET Group Headed by Menzies Reaches Cairo for Talks With President Today Has No Counter-Proposal Pledges to Keep Canal Open NASSER TO INSIST ON SOVEREIGNTY

By Osgood Caruthers Special To the New York Times

Nasser comments on Brit spy case; says existence of alleged ring has been known for 2 yrs but not considered dangerous till 4 mos ago

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JOB TOTAL SOARS 100,000 IN MONTH TO 66,800,000 PEAK; Mitchell Releases Figures-- Denies That Administration Favors Big Business REUTHER ASSAILS G.O.P. President Says Government Must Help People Obtain Work and Aid Jobless By ALVIN SHUSTER Special to The New York Times. Voluntary Gifts Sought Equal Opportunity Asked JOB TOTAL SOARS 100,000 IN MONTH

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W P Reuther hopes AFL-CIO will raise $4 million in voluntary contributions, TV int

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112 Killed in India As Rail Bridge Falls; 112 IN INDIA DIE IN BRIDGE CRASH

By Special to The New York Times

112 reptd killed, 29 hurt when rr bridge collapses, tumbling 2 coaches into rain-swollen stream, Mahbubnager, Hyderabad State; map; worst train disasters recalled

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POPE PIUS WARNS ON COEXISTENCE; No Compromise Is Possible With Atheistic Communism, He Tells German Catholics POPE PIUS WARNS ON COEXISTENCE Concerned Over Persecution

By Special to The New York Times

Pope warns of false coexistence, broadcast to Ger Cath cong, Cologne; holds Ch cannot compromise with communism

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FRANCE RENEWS THREAT OF FORCE; Pineau Regards It as a Duty to 'Stop' Nasser--Calls Him Dangerous Dictator FRANCE RENEWS THREAT OF FORCE Asks Soviet to Desist

By Henry Giniger Special To the New York Times

Pineau renews French threat of force; stresses 'duty' to stop Nasser, a 'dictator' like Hitler; holds USSR bars Nasser from accepting internationalization; denies firm policy will lead to war; doubts Arab solidarity; justifies mil preparations, stressing need to protect natls in Egypt; scores Nasser's threat to jail foreign pilots who quit jobs; French shipping, including troop transports, gathers at Marseilles; most of French Mediterranean sqdn reptdly leaves Toulon

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AUTO TOLL RISING TOWARD NEW HIGH; 296 Dead in U.S. as Holiday Week-End Begins 3d Day --No Fatalities in City Holiday Highway Deaths Rising Toward a New High in Nation No Fatalities in City 3 in Bronx Family Die

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296 traffic deaths since 6 PM, Aug 31; 40 drowned; 41 dead in misc accidents; details

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TWO POWER PACTS FACE STORMY PATH; Objections Expected to Rise to State Agency Allocation of St. Lawrence Energy Lower Rates Proposed TWO POWER PACTS FACE STORMY PATH Replies Are Foreseen Objections Raised

By Leo Egan

NYS Power Authority contracts with Niagara-Mohawk and Reynolds Metals for sale of hydroelec power likely to raise controversy; tentative contracts and objections to them discussed

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Indians Regain $1,500,000 Site While Kansas White Men Doze; U.S. Law Gives Burial Ground in City to Wyandottes, Who Plan to Sell It INDIANS WIN BACK $1,500,000 SITE 3 Sisters Fight for Land Contends Old Deed Stands

By Special to The New York Times

Wyandottes legally regain from Fed Govt 2-acre burial tract in heart of Kansas City, Kan; map; Cong passed O'Mahoney bill without knowledge of Kan opponents; Wyandottes sought tract for 66 yrs; to resell it to white men; tract history

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Dedicated Diplomat; Loy Wesley Henderson Special to The New York Times. Winner of U.S. Award Ambition Turned From Law

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Henderson career

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Britons Leaving Jordan

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exodus of Brit dependents from Jordan begins

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