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Pres Eisenhower trusts probe will not impair DC integration, wire to NAACP chap; notes probe is not subject to desires of Pres; chap had asked him to halt it, fearing 'scurrilous attack' on Negroes and on desegregation; subcom continues hearings; silent on Eisenhower stand; jhs principals Storey and Bennett testify on alleged rise in disciplinary problems since integration, rise in calls to police, in pregnancies among students, other factors; teacher Mrs Denton repts incidents of theft, arson; holds integration failure; retired teacher D Keleher testifies students became unwilling to work but quickly learned to get along; NAACP calls rally on hearings
Vice Pres Nixon says Hell's Canyon issue typifies basic issue between Dem and Adm policies, s, Spokane
says fog bank temporarily obscured Doria shortly before crash; his notes describing crash, weather and time of crash introduced as evidence; he says helmsman was sometimes unreliable; takes sole responsibility for navigation; Stockholm illus under repair
1956Jack Givens, American basketball player and sportscaster[†]
Jack "Goose" Givens is an American former professional basketball player. He played college basketball for the Kentucky Wildcats, earning consensus second-team All-American honors. He led the team to the 1978 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship and was named that year's Final Four Most Outstanding Player due in most part to his 41-point performance in Kentucky's 94–88 victory over Duke in the championship game. He was a 6-foot-5-inch (1.96 m), 205-pound (93 kg) forward. Givens played professionally for the Atlanta Hawks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He also played overseas in Japan.
1956Marta Kauffman, American screenwriter and producer[†]
Marta Fran Kauffman is an American television writer and producer. She is best known for co-creating the NBC sitcom Friends with her longtime friend, David Crane; Crane and Kauffman similarly were in a friend group with four other people. Crane and Kauffman were also executive producers of the show, along with Kevin S. Bright; and produced Veronica's Closet and Jesse. From 2005 to 2006 she was an executive producer on Related. Both writers were the creators of the HBO series Dream On. Without Crane, she co-created the Netflix series Grace and Frankie.
1956Ricky Morton, American wrestler[†]
Richard Wendell Morton is an American professional wrestler, currently performing on the independent circuit. For most of his career, Morton has performed with Robert Gibson as the Rock 'n' Roll Express, described as "the consummate babyface tag team". Morton has wrestled for multiple promotions in the United States including the Continental Wrestling Association, Mid-South Wrestling, Jim Crockett Promotions/World Championship Wrestling, Smoky Mountain Wrestling, the World Wrestling Federation, and Extreme Championship Wrestling, as well as the Japanese promotions All Japan Pro Wrestling, New Japan Pro-Wrestling, and Wrestle Association R.
1956Bill Struth, Scottish footballer and manager (born 1875)[†]
William Struth was a Scottish football manager. He was the second manager of Rangers Football Club, leading the club for 34 years between 1920 and 1954, as well as being the holder of a number of other positions, including director. Struth is one of the most successful managers in Scottish and British football history, winning 30 major trophies in his career; a record 18 Scottish league championships, 10 Scottish Cups and two Scottish League Cups.
In 1956, the world population was approximately 2,795,409,994 people[†]