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Nehru to visit Saudi Arabia
canal convoys lag as pilots begin to show strain; trip through canal with veteran Egyptian pilot Copt Tadros and Norwegian trainee described; Nehru backs Egypt's right to nationalize but objects to abrupt technique and insists all countries have right to use canal, s, New Delhi; warns West not to use force; may meet Nasser in Saudi Arabia
Repr Cole defends Adm program, reply to Smyth
Bradley says ILA will strike if it does not get sq deal; says planned strike in E and Gulf Coast ports depends on wage scale com meeting, TV int; says com will weigh proposal to suspend Anastasia
Dulles warns of new war threat if Egypt continues to reject solution based on justice and internatl law, TV int; says user nations would not be secure with anything less than internatl operation but sees war obviated by alternatives to canal such as supertankers and new pipelines; lauds Brit-French appeal to UN; says Security Council could ask nations to accept assn as provisional solution under Charter Article 40; hopes 'substantive' debate will not take place until assn is formed; sees 'fair chance' for provisional solution acceptable to Egypt; would not take USSR veto for granted; stresses users basic right to voice in canal operation under 1888 conv; announces plan to ask US to require shipowners to pay canal tolls into blocked accts
1956Hubie Brooks, American baseball player[†]
Hubert "Hubie" Brooks is an American former professional baseball right fielder, third baseman, and shortstop. He played 15 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1980 to 1994 for the New York Mets, Montreal Expos, Los Angeles Dodgers, California Angels, and Kansas City Royals. Brooks was selected third overall in the 1978 Major League Baseball draft by the New York Mets and went on to play for five different teams over a 15-year career, and was twice named an All-Star. MLB pitcher Donnie Moore was Brooks' cousin.
In 1956, the world population was approximately 2,795,409,994 people[†]