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rioting mob, Stettin, raids USSR consulate; PAP blames 'hooligans,' repts many arrests; similarity to Nov riot in Bydgoszcz noted
Strauss suggests 8-point program for plant expansion, including bldg of 5 'entirely new-type' power reactors for civilian use in next 6 yrs, s, Amer Nuclear Soc; suggests private indus have 1st opportunity to build, but would have AEC act if it fails to make acceptable proposals; hopes others on AEC and Joint Com on Atomic Energy will support program
Quinn case noted in connection with move to probe business dealings of all City Council members
Egyptians kidnap Brit officer, Port Said; Stockwell suspects reprisal for arrest of 8 Egyptians believed to be Army officers; says there may be up to 1,000 Egyptian Natl Guardsmen without uniforms in Port Said and undetermined number of fedayeen
Soc meets; Chmn Strauss s; Pres Eisenhower message
1956Johan van der Velde, Dutch cyclist[†]
Johan van der Velde is a former Dutch cyclist. In the 1980 Tour de France, he won the young rider classification, also placing 12th in the general classification that year. He had been a racing cyclist for only a year. In the 1981 Tour de France, he took first place on the second and 21st stages, finishing 12th overall for the second year. He rode with TI–Raleigh in the Tour de France from 1979 to 1983 and the Panasonic team where he won Stage 5 and wore the Yellow Jersey for two days in the 1986 Tour de France.
1956United Nations Security Council Resolution 121 relating to acceptance of Japan to the United Nations is adopted.[†]
United Nations Security Council Resolution 121, adopted unanimously on December 12, 1956, after examining the application of Japan for membership in the United Nations, the UN Security Council recommended to the General Assembly that Japan be admitted. The United States first invited Japan to join the UN in 1955 but their admission was vetoed by The Soviet Union in protest of the Republic of China vetoing membership for the Mongolian People's Republic as a part of a 18 nation membership nomination process. The USSR proposed a second resolution to admit both Mongolia and Japan together; the draft resolution was voted upon with only the USSR in favor, and the 10 other members abstaining.
In 1956, the world population was approximately 2,795,409,994 people[†]