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memoranda of understanding on continued US operation of Keflavik base reptdly provides US econ and financial aid
Sgt R J Patton makes parachute jump near S Pole to help advance party repair Weasel damaged in previous drop, 1st parachute jump in area; supplies also dropped to party; 2 Navy planes with 10 more for party land in area, take off safely; map
Hungarian Red Cross to start house-to-house survey to determine needs
4,000 return, NYC; some illus; normal activity on E and Gulf Coasts seen soon; Bradley and Chopin call strike unnecessary, TV program
Washington diplomats see US vote revealing shift in US foreign policy toward closer cooperation with Asian neutrals; expect US, GB and France to patch up relations but doubt alliance will be as tight; Hammarskjold confs with Lloyd and Fawzi on resolution
1956Dale Jarrett, American race car driver and sportscaster[†]
Dale Arnold Jarrett is an American former race car driver and current racing commentator for NBC. He is best known for winning the Daytona 500 three times and winning the NASCAR Winston Cup Series championship in 1999. He is the son of 2-time Grand National Champion Ned Jarrett, younger brother of Glenn Jarrett, father of former driver Jason Jarrett, and cousin of Todd Jarrett. In 2007, Jarrett joined the ESPN/ABC broadcasting team as an announcer in select Nationwide Series races. In 2008, after retiring from driving following the 2008 Food City 500, he joined ESPN permanently as the lead racing analyst replacing Rusty Wallace. In 2015, Jarrett became a part of the NBC Sports Broadcasting Crew for NASCAR events. He was inducted in the 2014 class of the NASCAR Hall of Fame and the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America in 2025.
1956Don Lake, Canadian actor, producer, and screenwriter[†]
Donald Lake is a Canadian actor, writer, and television producer. He is frequently cast by director Christopher Guest, and is also a close friend and frequent collaborator of Bonnie Hunt.
1956Keith Vaz, Indian-English lawyer and politician, Minister of State for Europe[†]
Nigel Keith Anthony Standish Vaz is a British politician who served as the Labour Party Member of Parliament (MP) for Leicester East for 32 years, from 1987 to 2019. He is the UK Parliament's longest-serving British Asian MP.
1956Tommy Dorsey, American trombonist, trumpet player, and composer (born 1905)[†]
Thomas Francis Dorsey Jr. was an American jazz trombonist, composer, conductor and bandleader of the big band era. He was known as the "Sentimental Gentleman of Swing" because of his smooth-toned trombone playing. His theme song was "I'm Getting Sentimental Over You". His technical skill on the trombone gave him renown among other musicians. He was the younger brother of bandleader Jimmy Dorsey. After Dorsey broke with his brother in the mid-1930s, he led an extremely successful band from the late 1930s into the 1950s. He is best remembered for standards such as "Opus One", "This Love of Mine" featuring Frank Sinatra on vocals, "Song of India", "Marie", "On Treasure Island", and his biggest hit single, "I'll Never Smile Again".
In 1956, the world population was approximately 2,795,409,994 people[†]