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Sec Flemming says he never intended to shut down all PHS hosps as recommended by then-Sec Hobby some yrs ago, news conf; lauds hosps role
press conf, NYC
US Sup Ct rules mil cts have no power to try civilian employes and servicemen's dependents for non-capital as well as capital crimes committed overseas in peacetime; ruling made in 2 homicide cases, 1 sodomy case, 1 theft case; strikes down key provision of '50 Mil Justice Uniform Code; effects and possible moves to bring civilians under some legal jurisdiction discussed
Pres Eisenhower asks record spending for welfare programs, Budget Message; fiscal '61 spending will rise to $3.517 billion; major items
De Beers signs pact to mkt all USSR diamond exports to West, averting possible threat to world diamond mkt
1960Japan and the United States sign the US–Japan Mutual Security Treaty[†]
The Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security between the United States and Japan, more commonly known as the U.S.–Japan Security Treaty in English and as the Anpo jōyaku or just Anpo in Japanese, is a treaty that permits the presence of U.S. military bases on Japanese soil, and commits the two nations to defend each other if one or the other is attacked "in the territories under the administration of Japan". Over time, it has had the effect of establishing a military alliance between the United States and Japan.
1960Scandinavian Airlines System Flight 871 crashes near Ankara Esenboğa Airport in Turkey, killing all 42 aboard.[†]
Scandinavian Airlines System Flight 871 was a scheduled flight from Copenhagen in Denmark to the Egyptian capital of Cairo, with several intermediate stops, operated by Scandinavian Airlines System. On 19 January 1960, the Sud Aviation Caravelle flying the service crashed while operating a leg between Yeşilköy Airport and Esenboğa International Airport in Turkey. The flight was on approach but crashed six nautical miles from the airport, unfortunately killing all 42 occupants on board. This was the first fatal crash of a Caravelle.
In 1960, the world population was approximately 3,015,470,894 people[†]