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December 14, 1956

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Headlines from December 14, 1956

PERMANENT FORM OF REGISTRATION IS VOTED FOR CITY; Mayor to Sign Bill Approved by Board--System Will Be Effective in '57 HEARING DUE THURSDAY Method to Cost $4,000,000 Over Normal Outlay to Put Into Practice System Gaining Popularity BOARD APPROVES REGISTERING BILL Jurists' Pay Rise Loses

By Charles G. Bennett

NYC Estimate Bd defers action on NYC Bar Assn proposal that 1st and 2d Dept Justices salaries be raised $2,500 a yr each; Judicial Conf asked to be consulted prior to any budgetary action

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Rockefeller Center To Add Skyscraper; 47-STORY BUILDING ON 6TH AVE. IS SET

By Thomas W. Ennis Jr

Rockefeller Center Inc to build 47-story, $70-million office bldg, Av of Amers between 50th and 51st Sts, for Time Inc; sketch; plans outlined; present Time and Life Bldg to be renovated; area map

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Magloire, as Exile, Flies to Jamaica; Haitians Celebrate; MAGLOIRE LEAVES HAITI AS AN EXILE General Strike Effective

By Unknown Author

with 9 members of family flies to Jamaica; Haitians celebrate; Magloire silent on plans, Kingston

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PENTAGON FORMS NEW AIRLIFT UNIT; Big Agency to Take Over All Existing Transport Groups --Quarles to Be 'Manager' Order Sent Joint Chiefs PENTAGON FORMS NEW AIRLIFT UNIT Planes to Re Reassigned Navy to Keep Some Planes

By Jack Raymond Special To the New York Times

Airlift operations to be taken over by newly-formed MATS unit

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Educational TV Stations Given Free Use of N.B.C.'s Network; Educational TV Stations to Get Free Use of N.B.C.'s Network No Local Station Involved Networks Depend on U.N.

By Special to The New York Times

R W Sarnoff defends it

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Notable Births

1956T. K. Carter, American actor^[†]

Thomas Kent Carter is an American actor known for his roles in The Thing, Punky Brewster, The Corner, Southern Comfort, Doctor Detroit, Corvette Summer, and Dave.

1956Linda Fabiani, Scottish politician^[†]

Linda Fabiani HonFRIAS OSSI FCIH is a Scottish politician who served as a Deputy Presiding Officer in the Scottish Parliament from 2016 to 2021. A member of the Scottish National Party (SNP), she was the Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the East Kilbride constituency from 2011 until her retirement in 2021. She was previously a regional member of the Scottish Parliament for the Central Scotland region from 1999 until 2011.

1956Hanni Wenzel, German skier^[†]

Hannelore (Hanni) Wenzel is a retired Liechtensteiner alpine ski racer. Wenzel is a former Olympic, World Cup, and world champion. She won Liechtenstein's first-ever Olympic medal at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria, and its first two Olympic gold medals four years later in Lake Placid, New York.

Notable Deaths

1956Juho Kusti Paasikivi, Finnish lawyer and politician, 7th President of Finland (born 1870)^[†]

Juho Kusti Paasikivi was a Finnish politician who served as the seventh president of Finland from 1946 to 1956. Representing the Finnish Party until its dissolution in 1918 and then the National Coalition Party, he previously served as senator, member of parliament, envoy to Stockholm (1936–1939) and Moscow (1940–1941), and Prime Minister of Finland. He also held several other positions of trust, and was an influential figure in Finnish economics and politics for over fifty years.

Historical Context for December 14, 1956

In 1956, the world population was approximately 2,795,409,994 people^[†]