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November 14, 1956

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Headlines from November 14, 1956

HIGH COURT RULES BUS SEGREGATION UNCONSTITUTIONAL; Alabama and Montgomery Laws Held in Violation of the 14th Amendment SCHOOL DECISION CITED Case Involves Bus Company Boycotted by Negroes-- Some Whites Bitter 'Separate But Equal' HIGH COURT BARS BUS SEGREGATION Grew Out of Boycott Slight Delay Is Foreseen

By Luther A. Huston Special To the New York Times

Gayle vs Browder and Owen vs Browder: Ala and Montgomery statutes requiring segregation on intrastate buses invalidated; Fed Ct ruling that statutes violate 14th Amendment upheld

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Mau Mau Campaign Is Ended by Britain; MAU MAU FIGHTING ENDED BY BRITAIN Governor Announces Decision

By Special to The New York Times

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MENDES-FRANCE ASSAILS MOLLET; Former French Premier Says Paris, Suez Policy Added to Prestige of Nasser Abstention in Assembly Cited MENDES-FRANCE ASSAILS MOLLET

By Harold Callender Special To the New York Times

Mendes-France scores Mollet policy; says Brit-French blow added to Nasser's prestige

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GRUENTHER SAYS SOVIET FACES RUIN IF IT STRIKES WEST; Retiring NATO Chief Asserts Might of the Free Nations Exceeds Red Defenses Gruenther Leaves Next Week Missile Warfare Doubted GRUENTHER SEES VICTORY BY WEST

By Benjamin Welles Special To the New York Times

warns USSR it would be destroyed if it attacks West, final news conf, SHAPE; illus; says he turned down 'flattering' business offers to stay in pub service; seen implying he may take high Govt post eventually

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Russians Reported Sending Hungarian Youths to Soviet; Notes Dropped by Youths RUSSIANS DEPORT HUNGARY YOUTHS General Strike Widens Worker Councils Backed Soviet Trip Unconfirmed

By John MacCormac Special To the New York Times

Hammarskjold offers to go to Hungary to arrange distribution of relief supplies after message from Hungary inviting UN reprs to arrange shipments; to conf further with Horvath, newly-arrived UN delegation head; some delegates see message as opening wedge for UN observers; message lists needed supplies; US gives $1-million to UN relief fund; Gen Assembly votes, 51-0 with 19 abstentions, to put Hungarian matter on agenda despite USSR bloc insistence that revolt is internal affair and despite Krishna Menon's effort to have matter referred to Pol Com; Kethly charges Nagy withdrew Horvath credentials as delegate; challenges right of Kadar regime to represent people; holds Nagy's was last legal Govt; some Western resistance to challenging Horvath noted; Russians reptd rounding up and deporting youths to USSR; youths drop notes from train windows asking their kin be notified; rebels reptdly free occupants of 1 prison train; repts confirmed that Nagy, L Rajk widow, others, have found refuge in Yugoslav Legation; Kadar regime unable to win support; gen strike widens; trade union chief S Gaspar pleads for workers to return; says unions 'identify' selves with demands for independence end withdrawal of USSR troops; backs multi-party Govt but says non-Communists must adhere to 'people's dem system'; pledges ind unions; Budapest radio says workers' councils have been approved retroactively; Govt threatens to withhold pay if strike continues; people seen becoming sullen rather than defiant, indifferent to US flag

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Notable Births

1956Babette Babich, American philosopher, author, and scholar^[†]

Babette Babich is an American philosopher who writes from a continental perspective on aesthetics, philosophy of science, especially Nietzsche's, and technology, especially Martin Heidegger's and Günther Anders, in addition to critical and cultural theory.

1956Avi Cohen, Israeli footballer and manager (died 2010)^[†]

Avraham "Avi" Cohen was an Israeli footballer who played as a defender, and a manager. He was best known for his spells playing for two British clubs: Liverpool in England and Rangers in Scotland. After retirement from active football and management, he was the chairman of the Israel Professional Footballers Association for over five years until he was killed in a motorcycle crash. after his death Maccabi Tel Aviv retired the number 5 that he formerly wore.

1956Peter R. de Vries, Dutch investigative journalist and crime reporter (died 2021)^[†]

Peter Rudolf de Vries was a Dutch investigative journalist and crime reporter. His television program Peter R. de Vries, misdaadverslaggever covered high-profile cases and set a Dutch television viewing record. For decades he was famous in the Netherlands for his works in unsolved crimes. He also became internationally renowned for his programme covering the disappearance of Natalee Holloway. In 2005, he founded his own political party which was disbanded soon after.

1956Valerie Jarrett, American government official^[†]

Valerie June Jarrett is an American businesswoman and former government official, who has been the chief executive officer of the Obama Foundation since 2021. She was the longest-serving senior advisor to U.S. President Barack Obama. She was assistant to the president for Public Engagement and Intergovernmental Affairs, overseeing the office of the same name, and chaired the White House Council on Women and Girls. Before that, she was the chief executive officer of The Habitat Company and a co-chair of the Obama–Biden Transition Project.

Historical Context for November 14, 1956

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