ATLANTIC CITY, Sept. 15--The Jersey jinx against name horses operated again today. Swaps was a late scratch out of the $100,000 United Nations Handicap at the Atlantic City race track. A recurrence of an injury in the right forefoot necessitated the action.

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SEAWAY IS SLATED TO BE IN FULL USE IN SPRING OF 1959; Work Keeping to Schedule-- Rising Costs Mean New Plea to Congress for Funds Power Project Pressed WORK ON SEAWAY UPTO SCHEDULE Huge Planning Needed

By George Horne Special To the New York Times

St Lawrence Seaway Development Corp bd in charge of US part of project meets, Thousand Islands; bd members and conf participants homed; members reptdly expect Seaway and power plant to be in full operation by Spring '59, stress port indus and commercial interests must unify efforts to promote traffic and believe more funds will be needed to complete project; Admr Castle plans to tell Cong that costs of navigation aids, control dikes, dredging and gate lifter were not included in original estimate and that labor and materials costs have risen 20%; group tours project

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1956Maggie Atkinson, English educator and civil servant^[†]

Margaret Elizabeth Atkinson is an English educator and the former Children's Commissioner for England. After a career in teaching, she moved into public service administration, initially in education, but later in Children Services. Her appointment and tenure as Children's Commissioner was notable for a series of controversies.

1956David Copperfield, American magician and actor^[†]

David Seth Kotkin, known professionally as David Copperfield, is an American stage magician and illusionist described by Forbes as the most commercially successful magician in history.

1956Ross Greenberg, American journalist and antivirus pioneer (died 2017)^[†]

Ross Matthew Greenberg was an American software developer, noted for creating one of the first antivirus software products. He also worked in journalism, and was a founding member of the Internet Press Guild.

1956Dave Schulthise, American bass player (died 2004)^[†]

David Schulthise, also known as Dave Blood, was an American musician best known as the original bass guitarist for the punk band The Dead Milkmen. Schulthise was born in Ridley Park, Pennsylvania. He helped form the band in 1983 along with fellow pseudonymous musicians Joe Jack Talcum, Dean Clean, and Rodney Anonymous. Prior to this he was a Ph.D. candidate in economics at Purdue University.

1956Kazuharu Sonoda, Japanese wrestler (died 1987)^[†]

Kazuharu Sonoda also known under the ring names Haru Sonoda and Magic Dragon , was a Japanese professional wrestler. He was a former NWA Western States Tag Team Champion, NWA/WWC North American Tag Team Champion with Mitsu Ishikawa and the WCCW All Asia Tag Team Championship with the Great Kabuki in 1982.

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1956TCN-9 Sydney is the first Australian television station to commence regular broadcasts.^[†]

TCN is the flagship television station of the Nine Network in Australia. The station is currently located at 1 Denison Street, North Sydney. The licence, issued to a company named Television Corporation Ltd headed by Frank Packer, was one of the first four licences to be issued for commercial television stations in Australia. TCN-9 is the home of the NRL coverage and national-level Nine News bulletins.

Historical Context for September 16, 1956

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

Headlines from September 16, 1956

Major Sports News

Soviet Charges West Plans Aggression to Seize Suez; French Pilot Leaves Suez, and Egyptians Take Over SOVIET SAYS WEST WOULD SEIZE SUEZ Violations Laid to British

Ailing Swaps Is Scratched Before Career Boy Scores; CAREER BOY FIRST AT ATLANTIC CITY Total Earnings of $849,900 An Added Attraction

SEAWAY IS SLATED TO BE IN FULL USE IN SPRING OF 1959; Work Keeping to Schedule-- Rising Costs Mean New Plea to Congress for Funds Power Project Pressed WORK ON SEAWAY UPTO SCHEDULE Huge Planning Needed

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Historical Context for September 16, 1956