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Drs Miller and Olds win AAAS Cleveland Prize for studies on arousing emotions in animal brains
BLS and NYSES rept 1 1/2% employment drop, NYC, since '50 despite 10% rise in non-farm employment elsewhere; apparel and food processing trades seen acctg for most of drop; details; NYC Planning Dept encouraged by influx of adm and sales staffs of large cos, NYC
Budapest radio repts output still lags
stormy Cong debate seen; most Congressmen see stand-by authority granted if Eisenhower makes strong plea; Amb Zeineddine (Syria) warns implications could be grave; urges prior consultations with Arab govts; Humphrey indignant that Adm aired policy to press before consulting Cong leaders; sees plan contradicting former US policy; Sen Wiley denies contradiction; Sens Mansfield and Fulbright doubtful on plan; Sen Langer opposed
Egypt permits deployment of UN salvage fleet, delayed because of alleged mining of Canal; repts mines cleared; Wheeler predicts Canal will open for ltd shipping early in Mar, will be fully navigable in May; outlines clearance program
1956Robert Goodwill, English farmer and politician[†]
Sir Robert Goodwill is a British Conservative Party politician and farmer who served as a Member of Parliament (MP) for Scarborough and Whitby from 2005 to 2024. He was previously a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for Yorkshire and the Humber. Goodwill served in Theresa May's government as Minister of State at the Home Office, the Department for Education, and the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.
1956Helma Knorscheidt, German shot putter[†]
Helma Knorscheidt is an East German shot putter.
1956Steve Rude, American author and illustrator[†]
Steve Rude is an American comics artist. He is best known as the co-creator of Nexus.
1956The Romanian Television network begins its first broadcast in Bucharest.[†]
Televiziunea Română, more commonly referred to as TVR, is the short name for Societatea Română de Televiziune, the Romanian public television. It operates nine channels: TVR 1, TVR 2, TVR 3, TVR Cultural, TVR Folclor, TVR Info, TVRi, TVR Moldova and TVR Sport along with six regional studios in Bucharest, Cluj-Napoca, Iași, Timișoara, Craiova, and Târgu Mureș.
In 1956, the world population was approximately 2,795,409,994 people[†]