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Named to Politburo
Times survey of NJ indicates Eisenhower considerable victory as result of suburban vote, with Dems main aim to keep margin as low as possible; Eisenhower appeal to suburbanites analyzed; Dems made headway early in campaign with Nixon issue, but Eisenhower campaigning and apparent health has broken issue down; comment on record regis and CIO role
Asst Atty Gen Olney charges qualified Negro voters being purged from rolls; links White Citizens Councils activity; says Justice Dept will probe rights violations
Shipping Assn files unfair labor practice charges against ILA; asks strike injunction; Bradley postpones wage-scale com meeting; calls Bridges action surprise; denies ILA-ILWU deal
taken ill while testifying on Andrea Doria-Stockholm crash; enters hosp
1956Stephen Leather, British author[†]
Stephen Leather is a British thriller author whose works are published by Hodder & Stoughton. He has written for television shows such as London's Burning, The Knock, and the BBC's Murder in Mind series. He is one of the top selling Amazon Kindle authors, the second bestselling UK author worldwide on Kindle in 2011.
1956Risto Ryti, Finnish lawyer, politician and Governor of the Bank of Finland; 5th President of Finland (born 1889)[†]
Risto Heikki Ryti was a Finnish politician who served as the fifth president of Finland from 1940 to 1944. Ryti started his career as a politician in the field of economics and as a political background figure during the interwar period. He made a wide range of international contacts in the world of banking and within the framework of the League of Nations. Ryti served as prime minister during the Winter War and the Interim Peace, and as president during the Continuation War.
In 1956, the world population was approximately 2,795,409,994 people[†]