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October 1, 1956

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G.O.P. RETAINING WISCONSIN LEAD; DEMOCRATS GAIN; Survey Shows Farm Unrest and Spotty Unemployment Are Having Influence Republicans Troubled Wisconsin Survey Shows Democrats Gaining but G.O.P. as Likely Winner VOTE IS EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW '52 Farm Discontent and Urban Joblessness a Factor but Campaign Lacks Issues Two Views on Nixon Usually Democratic Dairymen Grumble

By William S. White Special To the New York Times.the New York Times (BY MEYER LIEBOWITZ)

Books of photos Eisenhower at Gettysburg distributed to Repub party workers

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INTEGRATION GAIN IN SCHOOLS NOTED; Survey of the South Shows 300,000 Negroes Are in Desegregated Districts INTEGRATION GAIN IS SCHOOLS NOTED Results of Study Laws and Law Suits Rural Areas Opposed Legislatures Act Will They Close Schools? ALABAMA ARKANSAS DELAWARE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FLORIDA GEORGIA KENTUCKY LOUISIANA MARYLAND MISSISSIPPI MISSOURI NORTH CAROLINA OKLAHOMA SOUTH CAROLINA TENNESSEE TEXAS VIRGINIA WEST VIRGINIA

By Benjamin Fine Special To the New York Times.the New York Times

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

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Notable Births

Andrus Ansip

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.

Theresa May

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.

Historical Context for October 1, 1956

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