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Brush fire started in Santa Monica mts sweeps Malibu, Calif; 1,000 flee; 1 killed; 25-50 homes destroyed; Pacific Coast Hwy sealed off
new, broad powers of Current Planning Comm give it tight central control over econ
Eisenhower to ask about $145 million for USIA, fiscal '58, a rise of 20-30%
Experiments lending support to spontaneous generation theory discussed, AAAS conv; scientists rept on lab tests indicating how basic elements of living matter might have been created by action of heat and electricity on simple chems; Drs Miller and Fox experiments cited; Dr Wald comments on universal implications
1956Doina Melinte, Romanian runner[†]
Doina Ofelia Melinte is a retired Romanian middle-distance runner. She competed at four Olympics (1980–92), and won a gold medal in the 800 metres and a silver medal in the 1,500 metres in 1984. She won the world indoor title in 1987 and 1989 and the European indoor title in 1985, 1988 and 1990 in the 1,500 m. Her world indoor mile record of 4:17.41 in 1990, stood for 26 years.
1956Lambert McKenna, Irish priest and lexicographer (born 1870)[†]
Lambert McKenna S.J. was a Jesuit priest and writer.
In 1956, the world population was approximately 2,795,409,994 people[†]