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In 1956, the world population was approximately 2,795,409,994 people[†]
1956Andrus Ansip, Estonian engineer and politician, 15th Prime Minister of Estonia[†]
Andrus Ansip is an Estonian politician, a member of the European Parliament, the former European Commissioner for Digital Single Market and Vice President of the European Commission, in office from 2014 until 2019. Previously, he was Prime Minister of Estonia from 2005 to 2014 and chairman of the liberal Estonian Reform Party from 2004 to 2014.
1956Theresa May, English politician, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom[†]
Theresa Mary May, Baroness May of Maidenhead, is a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party from 2016 to 2019. She previously served as Home Secretary from 2010 to 2016. She was Member of Parliament (MP) for Maidenhead from 1997 to 2024, and has been a member of the House of Lords since August 2024. May was the second female British prime minister, after Margaret Thatcher, and the first woman to have held two of the Great Offices of State. May is a one-nation conservative.
Books of photos Eisenhower at Gettysburg distributed to Repub party workers
B Fine repts NY Times survey of 17 Southern and border states and DC shows slow gains in integration since fall '55; some 780 dists now have mixed classes, up 200; other data; rev of recent incidents, litigation, state legis action; outlook; state-by-state summary; illus
US seen slowing aid program as result of Suez crisis; difficulty in getting new equipment noted; some projects noted; ICA repts deliveries continue with only minor delays; says it avoids econ pressure
Teamsters Local 707 strikes 68 cos after 212, members of Empire State Hwy Transportation Assn, reptdly sign pact with union; employers com holds strike illegal because Local 707 official signed area-wide contract; pact later repudiated by local
Mollet lauds French-Ger accord on Saar as opening way to unity, s, Roubaix
Wagner defends his capability in foreign affairs, TV int; Javits repudiates labeling Dems 'war party, TV s
Dr Schulman and aide find 4,000-yr-old pines growing in eastern Calif, oldest known living things, Arizona U rept; illus; Schulman says rings will provide data on climate during past centuries; says claims for other trees being 5,000-6,000 yrs have never stood up; Arizona U dendrochronology studies noted
ALGIERS, Algeria, Sept. 30Proposals for a North African Federation were expected to emerge from discussions between Tunisian, Algerian and Moroccan leaders in Tunis in the latter part of October.
St Sophia Cathedral, Washington, DC: pres and Mrs Eisenhower help Abp Michael dedicate ch; Pres and Abp illus
Bklyn wins pennant on last day of season
Eisenhower seen continuing US aid in some form despite Tito visit to USSR