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Rabat observers see shift in US policy to fill vacuum France has left; Moroccans hope shift is real; Min Bouabid and Amb Canon talks on econ aid linked
Kadar charges Nagy abetted 'counter-revolution' and had come under influence of Mindszenty, I B Szabo and Prince Esterhazy; says Nagy fled to Yugoslav Embassy and later to Rumanian sanctuary but is not considered in permanent exile; pledges no criminal procedure against him; acknowledges econ is still crippled by strikes and passive resistance
Chou En-lai hints he would offer Chiang Kai-shek top post in Communist China as part of solution to Taiwan problem; says no one in Taiwan would be excluded from returning to mainland; Taiwan calls offer nonsense
issues memo to armed services chiefs defining and clarifying services roles and missions in 5 areas of long-standing dispute
Consol Edison pres Forbes says co will bid for plants, lr to Wagner; urges firm of consulting engineers acceptable to city and co be retained to evaluate bid
1956William Fichtner, American actor[†]
William Edward Fichtner is an American actor. Born in New York, he started his career with supporting appearances in Virtuosity (1995), Heat and Strange Days. A prolific character actor in film, Fichtner is recognized for memorable performances in Contact (1997), Armageddon (1998), Go (1999), The Perfect Storm (2000), Black Hawk Down (2001), Crash (2004), and The Longest Yard (2005).
1956John McCarthy, English journalist and author[†]
John Patrick McCarthy is a British journalist, writer and broadcaster, and one of the hostages in the Lebanon hostage crisis. McCarthy was the United Kingdom's longest-held hostage in Lebanon, where he was a prisoner for more than five years.
1956Nazrin Shah of Perak, Sultan of Perak[†]
Sultan Nazrin Muizzuddin Shah ibni Almarhum Sultan Azlan Muhibbuddin Shah Al-Maghfur-Lah is the current Deputy King of Malaysia and Sultan of Perak.
In 1956, the world population was approximately 2,795,409,994 people[†]