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December 20, 1956

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Headlines from December 20, 1956

Tenney Exonerates Councilman on Jobs; COUNCILMAN WINS JOB EXONERATION

By Paul Crowell

Tenney repts Murphy employment by Todd Shipbldg Co and H DuBois Sons Co not in conflict with his official duties; holds such employment Is at most tech violation of Charter; both cos do business with city; Murphy expects to continue to work for them; Tenney, despite finding, declares Charter seems to jeopardize jobs of any Councilmen working for cos doing business with city; cites case as evidence of need for revision; Council seen not taking action against Murphy

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KADAR SEES RULE GAINING STRENGTH; Need of Soviet Troop Aid Is Almost Over, Hungarian Says--Labor Pay Raised Wage Rise in Effect KADAR SEES RULE GAININGS STRENGTH Loafing on Job Charged

By John MacCormac Special To the New York Times

Kadar says regime is almost strong enough to do without USSR troop aid, int with E Ger newsmen; says 'new revolutionary troops' have been created and police given 'firm revolutionary leadership'; trade union pub Nepakarat urges cut in Army and heavy indus output; factory workers and miners pay raised 10%; Econ Planning Com formed including 6 former members of outlawed Budapest Workers Council; Nepakarat scores 'excesses' in recent arrests; holds some seizures unjustified; says some are held without trial; Nepszabadsag charges some workers loaf

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Mixed Schools Barred in Dallas For 'Present Time' by U.S. Judge; Jurist Holds Supreme Court Based Its Segregation Ban on Psychology, Not Law U.S. DALLAS JUDGE BARS INTEGRATION Left to School Boards Authorities Cited Censured by Bar Here

By Special to The New York Times

Judge Atwell rules Dallas pss cannot be forced to integrate 'at present time; dismisses '55 suit of 19 Negroes on ground school bd needs 'ample time' to work out problem; findings stress 'separate but equal' doctrine; note white students would be displaced if Negroes were admitted; NAACP to appeal; Atwell criticizes Sup Ct edict; finds it based on psychological knowledge, not law; atty F R Serri '29 censure of Atwell for bias recalled

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NEHRU FINDS U.S. IS NOW LESS RIGID IN FOREIGN POLICY; But India's Prime Minister Says He Cannot Give View on Relations With Peiping Declines Direct Response In Gandhi-Like Garb U.S. VIEW EASED, NEHRU DECLARES Optimistic on Soviet

By Russell Baker Special To the New York Times

Prime Min Nehru says he can give no assurances about release of 10 Amers, news conf, Washington; Chou En-lai reptdly may wish to tie release to deal under which US would take 'favorable' steps toward Far East settlement

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REYNOLDS METALS IS VOTED A THIRD OF SEAWAY POWER; State Authority, in 3-2 Split, Backs Contract as Big as That Awarded to Alcoa MOSES DEFENDS ACTION But 2 Harriman Appointees See a Threat to Interests of Smaller Consumers Note Alcoa Contract Another Pact Approved Moses With Majority REYNOLDS METALS GETS POWER PACT

By Clayton Knowles

NYS Power Authority (Auth) defers decision on plan to pool Niagara and St Lawrence power

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1956Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, Mauritanian general and politician, President of Mauritania^[†]

Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz is a retired Mauritanian military officer and politician who served as the 8th President of Mauritania from 2009 to 2019.

1956Guy Babylon, American keyboard player and songwriter (died 2009)^[†]

Guy Babylon was an American keyboardist/composer, most noted for his work with Elton John.

1956Blanche Baker, American actress and screenwriter^[†]

Blanche Baker is an American actress. She won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Single Performance by a Supporting Actress for her work in the television miniseries Holocaust. Baker is known for her role as Ginny Baker in Sixteen Candles; she also starred in the title role of Lolita on Broadway. In 2012, she produced and starred in a film about Ruth Madoff titled Ruth Madoff Occupies Wall Street.

1956Junji Hirata, Japanese wrestler^[†]

Junji Hirata is a Japanese retired professional wrestler currently working as a trainer for the New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) promotion, known primarily by his ring name Super Strong Machine .

1956Andrew Mackenzie, Scottish geologist and businessman^[†]

Sir Andrew Stewart Mackenzie is a Scottish businessman, who is the chairman of Shell plc and formerly CEO of BHP, the world's largest mining company. He succeeded Marius Kloppers, on 10 May 2013, and was succeeded by Mike Henry, at the start of 2020.

1956Anita Ward, American disco/R&B singer^[†]

Anita Ward (sources differ) is an American singer and musician from Memphis, Tennessee. Beginning her professional music career in the late 1970s, Ward is best known for her 1979 million-selling chart-topper R&B/Disco hit "Ring My Bell": it was no. 1 on the United States Hot 100, R&B, and Dance charts, and in the United Kingdom.

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1956Ramón Carrillo, Argentinian neurologist and physician (born 1906)^[†]

Ramón Carrillo was an Argentine neurosurgeon, neurobiologist, physician, academic, public health advocate, and from 1949 to 1954 the nation's first Minister of Public Health.

Historical Context for December 20, 1956

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

Headlines from December 20, 1956

Tenney Exonerates Councilman on Jobs; COUNCILMAN WINS JOB EXONERATION

KADAR SEES RULE GAINING STRENGTH; Need of Soviet Troop Aid Is Almost Over, Hungarian Says--Labor Pay Raised Wage Rise in Effect KADAR SEES RULE GAININGS STRENGTH Loafing on Job Charged

Mixed Schools Barred in Dallas For 'Present Time' by U.S. Judge; Jurist Holds Supreme Court Based Its Segregation Ban on Psychology, Not Law U.S. DALLAS JUDGE BARS INTEGRATION Left to School Boards Authorities Cited Censured by Bar Here

NEHRU FINDS U.S. IS NOW LESS RIGID IN FOREIGN POLICY; But India's Prime Minister Says He Cannot Give View on Relations With Peiping Declines Direct Response In Gandhi-Like Garb U.S. VIEW EASED, NEHRU DECLARES Optimistic on Soviet

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