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December 15, 1956

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Headlines from December 15, 1956

North Ireland Sets Firm Terror Curbs; POLICE CURBS SET BY NORTH IRELAND Eden to Receive Report Dublin Regime Pledges Action British See Civil War Plan

By Special to The New York Times

restores to police power of arrest and internment without trial, unused for 5 yrs; action follows Prime Min Brookeborough conf with police and Army; Brookeborough reveals he seeks Brit Govt old; pressure on Irish Repub to stop attacks sought; Prime Min Eden to get Sec Lloyd-George rept on raids; 150 raiders attack police barracks in Lisnaskea and Derrylin; Irish Repub Premier Costello pledges action against raiders, warns on civil war threat; Brit see IRA plan to start war

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U.S. PRODS EGYPT FOR PROMPT TALKS ON SUEZ SOLUTION; Links Early Clearance and Canal's Future--Protests Syrian Delay on Pipeline Protest Sent to Syria Wide Effects Stressed U.S. PRODS EGYPT ON SUEZ SOLUTION Point Still At Issue

By Russell Baker Special To the New York Times

US reptdly urges Egypt agree to prompt talks on Canal, Hoover conf with Fawzi; US Embassy, Cairo, appeals to Nasser; move seen 1st attempt by US to exploit newly-won prestige in Arab world; US observers hope for early solution; less optimistic on Arab-Israeli dispute

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Notable Births

John Lee Hancock

1956John Lee Hancock, American screenwriter, film director, and producer[†]

John Lee Hancock Jr. is an American filmmaker. He is best known for directing the films The Rookie (2002), The Alamo (2004), The Blind Side (2009), Saving Mr. Banks (2013), The Founder (2016), The Highwaymen (2019), The Little Things (2021), and Mr. Harrigan's Phone (2022). He also wrote the screenplay for the film A Perfect World (1993).

Tony Leon

1956Tony Leon, South African lawyer and politician[†]

Anthony James Leon is a South African politician who served as leader of the opposition from 1999 to 2007 as leader of the Democratic Alliance (DA). He led the DA from its inception in 2000, until his retirement from leadership in 2007. Before that, he led the Democratic Party from 1994. He is the longest-serving leader of the official opposition in parliament since the advent of democracy in 1994. Although still a member of the DA, he served as the South African Ambassador to Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay under the African National Congress government from 2009 to 2012.

Historical Context for December 15, 1956

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