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Stevenson and son John, Gov Harriman, Mayor Wagner at Ebbets Field
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BELGRADE, Yugoslavia, Oct. 5--President Tito came home from the Soviet Black Sea coast today as quietly as he left Yugoslavia eight days ago.
says navigation, engine-room and wireless logs went down with Doria; gave gen order all papers were to be saved; did not discover loss until after leaving ship; Swedish counsel seen unconvinced logs are missing
US Marines and families in Japan angered over USMC order families must return to US; over 500 Marine dependents set to leave; many paid own fare to Japan; Col H C Lane repts he recd unfavorable fitness rept for refusal to send family home; 1st Marine Aircraft Wing confirms orders; USMC reprs, Washington, hold order 1 of long standing
1956Sadiq al-Ahmar, Yemeni politician (died 2023)[†]
Sheikh Sadiq bin Abdullah bin Hussein bin Nasser al-Ahmar was a Yemeni politician and leader of the Hashid tribal federation. He succeeded his father Abdullah ibn Husayn al-Ahmar in these positions after Abdullah's death in 2007. He is best known for his role in the 2011 Yemeni uprising, in which fighters under his command attacked and seized government facilities in the Battle of Sana'a.
1956Kathleen Webb, American author and illustrator[†]
Kathleen Webb is an American comic book writer and artist and one of the first female writers for Archie Comics.
In 1956, the world population was approximately 2,795,409,994 people[†]