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Powell lists Eisenhower stand on rights and Stevenson's alleged refusal to be int on issue among reasons for own switch to Eisenhower, news conf; Celler charges Powell abandoned Celler rights bill when it was up for debate
Eisenhower takes responsibility for killing Dem-backed aid bill, claiming it did not provide bldgs for areas needing them most, reply to queries at news conf on Pittsburgh s; says Dems killed his bill, which proposed schools in accordance with need and on Fed-state partnership plan
rioting continues; 30 Chinese killed, Tea Wan area, where riot shifted from Sham Sui Po dist; illus; map; Govt sees it clash between Nationalist and Communist Chinese; repts 143 casualties, 165 arrests; Swiss Vice Consul Ernst and wife assaulted; Govt imposes curfew; suspends ferry service to Kowloon; Acting Gov David warns rioters; holds situation under control; Peiping radio disputes claim; sees situation worsening; some incidents described
Conservative party conf; Llandudno, Wales; Min Nutting, others s
rept, NYC, 4th day; slump continues; Wagner, Javits make appeal; Columbus Day long wk-end seen harming regis prospects; garment indus, NYS Young Repub Clubs Assn hold regis demonstrations
1956Rafael Ăbalos, Spanish author[â ]
Rafael Ăbalos is a Spanish author of the bestseller book Grimpow: The Invisible Road (ISBNÂ 0385733747) published in 2007. The children's fantasy novel was about a boy finding a mysterious amulet in France who becomes a focus of a "centuries-old mission" to enlighten humanity. According to a review in Publishers Weekly, Ăbalos "blends the grand-scale storytelling prowess and epic quest element of Tolkienâs The Lord of the Rings with the cryptographic intrigue of Dan Brownâs The Da Vinci Code", and gave it a positive review. The book was published by Random House.
1956Allan Evans, Scottish footballer[â ]
Allan James Evans is a Scottish former footballer who played for Dunfermline Athletic (1973â77), Aston Villa (1977â89), Leicester City (1989â90) and Darlington (1990â91).
1956Lutz Haueisen, German cyclist[â ]
Lutz Haueisen is a retired German amateur cyclist. He won two world titles in track events, in 1979 and 1981. His best achievement on the road was second place in the prologue of Tour de Pologne in 1986. His son Dennis is a professional road cyclist.
1956Catherine Holmes, Australian judge[â ]
Catherine Ena "Cate" Holmes is a retired Australian jurist who served as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Queensland, the highest ranking court in the Australian state of Queensland. She was appointed to the Supreme Court of Queensland in 2000, to the Queensland Court of Appeal in 2006 and appointed chief justice on 11 September 2015. She retired on 19 March 2022.
1956Gerti Schanderl, German figure skater[â ]
Gerti Schanderl is a German former figure skater who represented West Germany. She is the 1973 Prize of Moscow News champion, the 1973 Nebelhorn Trophy bronze medalist, and a four-time German national champion.
1956David Vanian, English singer-songwriter[â ]
David Vanian is an English rock musician, and lead singer of the punk rock band the Damned. Formed in 1976 in London, the Damned were the first British punk band to release a single, release an album, have a record hit the UK charts, and tour the United States. With a fluid line-up since their founding, Vanian has been the only ever-present member. Vanian's baritone singing voice, dark lyrics and vampire-themed costumes, were a major influence on the goth subculture.
1956Lorenzo Perosi, Italian composer and painter (born 1872)[â ]
Monsignor Lorenzo Perosi was an Italian composer of sacred music and the only member of the Giovane Scuola who did not write opera. In the late 1890s, while he was still only in his twenties, Perosi was an internationally celebrated composer of sacred music, especially large-scale oratorios. Nobel Prize winner Romain Rolland wrote, "It's not easy to give you an exact idea of how popular Lorenzo Perosi is in his native country." Perosi's fame was not restricted to Europe. A 19 March 1899 New York Times article entitled "The Genius of Don Perosi" began, "The great and ever-increasing success which has greeted the four new oratorios of Don Lorenzo Perosi has placed this young priest-composer on a pedestal of fame which can only be compared with that which has been accorded of late years to the idolized Pietro Mascagni by his fellow-countrymen." Gianandrea Gavazzeni made the same comparison: "The sudden clamors of applause, at the end of the [19th] century, were just like those a decade earlier for Mascagni." Perosi worked for five Popes, including Pope Pius X who greatly fostered his rise.
In 1956, the world population was approximately 2,795,409,994 people[â ]