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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1956
Page
5
VIENNA AP Poland announces a plan to grant amnesty to more than 70,000 political and criminal prisoners. Warsaw Radio says a final law will authorize release of about 30,000 inmates and shorten sentences for others. Also applies to Polish refugees in the West who return by July 22, 1957.
U N envoy Dag Hammarskjold arrived in Damascus for parleys with Syrian leaders as part of a mission to restore peace in the Middle East. He met Premier Said Ghazi with Maj Gen Burns and Syrian officials present, before heading to Jordan to press for harmony between Israel and neighboring Arab states Egypt, Jordan, Syria, and Lebanon.
Churchill attends cornerstone laying for Cassell Publishing building while critics debate his role as a chronicler of history. Lord Attlee, former Labour prime minister, praises the effort and notes Churchill’s influence on shaping events through great man theory. In Seoul, Gates and Smith tour Korea on a Far East inspection trip with Navy officials.
John E. Cushing 68 longtime shipping executive and former president of Matson Navigation Co. died of a heart attack at his Bolinas summer home. He led three major firms, chaired the Pacific American Steamship Assn., and served as a Stanford trustee and chamber of commerce leader. He was born in San Rafael.
Mrs. Alice Roche, discharged from Massachusetts General Hospital after an arm operation, returned home to Charlestown find all movable items stolen. Burglars had taken chairs, tables, electric appliances, a radio, three clocks, clothing, and bed clothes while husband was away on a construction project.
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