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denounces Suez Canal users assn plan proposed by West, s, Parliament
Atty Gen Javits lists civil rights as 1 of major issues in NYS election for US Sen
Egyptian Canal Authority chmn Yunes states Egypt plans to keep canal operating despite loss of 2/3 of pilots and 400 other foreign employes; Nasser confs with Amer and Sabry; foreign consulates in Cairo prepare to evacuate natls in event of violence; US consulate verifies whereabouts of US citizens; Egypt notifies UN Sec Gen that it will not be Egypt's fault if navigation is paralyzed since Canal Co ordered its foreign employes to quit; Arab League scores users assn plan; Egypt implements new manpower law authorizing Govt to assign any pub employe aged 25-35 to armed forces or defense plants; Sabry confs with Ambs Kiselev (USSR) and Jung (India)
Comr Downey repts Is to be sold at auction for private commercial use; other proposed uses revd; history; illus
Stevenson charges Eisenhower yields leadership to Nixon to detriment of domestic and world policy, s formally opening campaign, Harrisburg, Pa, Dem dinner; s on Eisenhower health and part-time presidency issues; says own philosophy is 'trust the people'; lists goals; s televised
1956Paul Allott, English cricketer and sportscaster[†]
Paul John Walter Allott is a former English cricketer who played county cricket for Lancashire, Minor Counties cricket for Staffordshire and first-class cricket in New Zealand for Wellington, as well as thirteen Test match appearances and thirteen One Day International appearances for England.
1956Beth Nielsen Chapman, American singer-songwriter[†]
Beth Nielsen Chapman is an American singer and songwriter who has written hits for country and pop music performers. She was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2016. She is a two-time Grammy Award and an ACM Award nominee and won the Country Music Association Award for Song of the Year in 1999 for writing Faith Hill's "This Kiss".
1956Kostas Karamanlis, Greek lawyer and politician, 181st Prime Minister of Greece[†]
Konstantinos A. Karamanlis, commonly known as Kostas Karamanlis, is a Greek retired politician who served as prime minister of Greece from 2004 to 2009. He was also president of the centre-right New Democracy party, founded by his uncle Konstantinos Karamanlis, from 1997 to 2009, and a member of the Hellenic Parliament from 1989 to 2023.
1956Nathalie Roussel, French actress[†]
Nathalie Roussel is a French actress of stage, television and film. She is best known for her role in the 1991 films My Father's Glory and My Mother's Castle.
1956Ray Wilkins, English footballer and manager (died 2018)[†]
Raymond Colin Wilkins was an English football player and coach.
1956Lefteris Zagoritis, Greek lawyer and politician[†]
Lefteris Zagoritis is a Greek lawyer, politician and former Secretary General of New Democracy. As of 19 September 2015 he is serving as Hellenic Consumers' Ombudsman.
In 1956, the world population was approximately 2,795,409,994 people[†]