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September 20, 1956

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JORDAN PLANS BID TO U.N. ON ISRAEL; Will Protest Troop Movement --Arab Aides and Nasser Discuss Area Problems Warning by Ben-Gurion JORDAN PLANS BID TO U.N. ON ISRAEL

By Sam Pope Brewer Special To the New York Times

Arab League sec gen Shukairy hints Iraqi-Jordanian conf on possibility of stationing Iraqi troops in Jordan to bolster defenses; denies Egyptian and Syrian forces may be stationed there; Jordanian Min Abdelhadi discusses situation with Nasser, Cairo; Jordan to protest to Security Council on Israeli troop concentrations near border; Burns confs with Egyptian officials, Cairo; truce comm blames Israel for 'hostile and warlike' Sept 11 raid in which 20 Jordanians were killed; Israeli reprs blame Jordan for border tensions and hold 29 Israelis were killed, 35 wounded on Jordan border in last 6 mos

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Graft in Hiring of Trucks Is Laid to 13 Suffolk Aides; Transfer of Title Charged Graft in Hiring of Own Trucks Charged to 13 Suffolk Foremen

By Layhmond Robinson Jr

Shapiro charges 13 Hwy Dept foremen of reaping over $113,000 in county funds since '51 through illegal truck-hiring scheme, 4th rept to Harriman; charges system whereby they were paid for renting to county trucks they owned and were in charge of rd maintenance crews; says State Dept of Audit and Control noted operation was illegal, '53, but it was continued through subterfuge; charges Hwy Dept officials abetted and condoned operation; Shapiro probe of dept covers activities since '51 when H C Tuthill was head; names listed; Repub County chmn Hughes scores Shapiro

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Notable Births

Jennifer Tour Chayes

1956Jennifer Tour Chayes, American mathematician and computer scientist[†]

Jennifer Tour Chayes is dean of the college of computing, data science, and society at the University of California, Berkeley. Before joining Berkeley, she was a technical fellow and managing director of Microsoft Research New England in Cambridge, Massachusetts, which she founded in 2008, and Microsoft Research New York City, which she founded in 2012.

Gary Cole

1956Gary Cole, American actor[†]

Gary Michael Cole is an American actor. He began his professional acting career on stage at Chicago's Steppenwolf Theatre Company in 1985. His breakout role was playing Jack 'Nighthawk' Killian in the NBC series Midnight Caller (1988–1991).

Steve Coleman

1956Steve Coleman, American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader[†]

Steve Coleman is an American saxophonist, composer, bandleader and music theorist. In 2014, he was named a MacArthur Fellow.

John Harle

1956John Harle, English saxophonist, composer, conductor, and producer[†]

John Crofton Harle is an English saxophonist, composer, record producer, conductor and educator. He is an Ivor Novello Award winner, has been the recipient of two Royal Television Society awards and has contributed directly and indirectly to a number of charting songs and albums.

Historical Context for September 20, 1956

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