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Assembly defers studying plan to expand membership
25 on hs faculty conf with Anderson Bd on maintaining student discipline; need for caution, patience stressed; officials to stress injunction; FBI reptdly given names of 70, including 20 students, who reptdly hold extremist pro-segregation views
AUGUSTA, Ga., Dec. 7--President Eisenhower and top civilian advisers were near agreement today on a defense budget somewhat larger than the current one.
RC Ch hierarchy proclaims support of regime, Govt pledges end to religious curbs, to replace '53 law giving it veto power over ch apptmts with new law acceptable to ch; religious instruction to be given in schools to all requesting it; Cardinal Wyszynski backs accord
17 nations weigh move to censure Hungary; US, Belgium and Peru propose draft resolutions to suspend Hungarian delegation
1956Warren Cuccurullo, American singer-songwriter and guitarist[†]
Warren Bruce Cuccurullo is an American musician, songwriter, restaurant owner, and former bodybuilder who first worked with Frank Zappa during the 1970s. He was also a founding member of Missing Persons in the 1980s. In 1989, Cuccurullo joined Duran Duran, becoming a long-term member of the band until 2001. In 2022, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Duran Duran.
1956Andrius Kubilius, Lithuanian academic and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Lithuania[†]
Andrius Kubilius is a Lithuanian politician who is currently serving as the European Commissioner for Defence Industry and Space in the Second von der Leyen Commission. He previously served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 2019 to 2024 and as Prime Minister of Lithuania from 1999 to 2000 and again from 2008 to 2012. He was the leader of the conservative political party Homeland Union from 2003 to 2015, which he continues to be a member of.
1956Slick, American wrestler and manager[†]
Kenneth Wayne Johnson is an American retired professional wrestling manager, better known by his ring name, Slick. He is best known for his appearances with the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) between 1986 and 1993. He is the son of professional wrestler Rufus R. Jones.
In 1956, the world population was approximately 2,795,409,994 people[†]