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lr to Sec Gen Hammarskjold holds suppression of Hungarian revolt is internal affair
UNEF stations Danish unit at El Cap to form buffer between Brit-French and Egyptian forces, 1st step to enforce cease-fire; map; Brit forces move back 1,000 yds; French to pull back; Stockwell asks UNEF set up 4 roadblocks on each side of Suez Canal and cease-fire line; repts Norwegian and Danish units will assume full responsibility for large sec of Port Said Dec 3; 721-man Yugoslav unit to move from Port Said to El Ballah, 12 mi S of El Cap
French officials see US decision indicating US at last assumes diplomatic leadership in crisis; Amb Dillon says oil shortages in France have created some anti-US feeling, int, NYC
Eisenhower sets plan to speed admission to US of over 20,000 refugees; will arrange for minimal processing in Austria, final screening in US; about 15,000 would be admitted on 'parole' basis; many welfare agencies object; US officials seek Eisenhower assurance that acceptance of 1st asylum in other country will not prejudice refugees admission to US; criticism of US program revd; Thompson defends US; cites Govt and private grants and gifts of over $23 million; influx of refugees, Austria, put at over 100,000; US reptdly agrees to Chancellor Raab proposal to free ERP counterpart funds to improve camps; Min Pickersgill (Canada) on way to Vienna; USSR border patrols increase, mines reptd laid
US seeks to calm fears of mil crisis arising from USSR arms aid to Syria; reassures Turkey and Iraq on US support; USSR charges 'imperalists' plan mil moves against Syria; Acting Foreign Min Menderes (Turkey) confs with Brit Sec Lloyd, London; Turkey holds 'routine' Army maneuvers; will call more men into armed forces
1956Julee Cruise, American singer-songwriter, musician, and actress (died 2022)[†]
Julee Ann Cruise was an American singer and actress, known for her collaborations with composer Angelo Badalamenti and film director David Lynch in the late 1980s and early 1990s. She released four albums beginning with 1989's Floating into the Night.
In 1956, the world population was approximately 2,795,409,994 people[†]