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says labor force in '60s will grow much faster than in '50s, Econ Rept to Cong
Spears found by FBI, Phoenix, Ariz, with Taylor auto; illus
de Gaulle and French Cabinet reaffirm self-determination policy; Massu, in Paris, affirms loyalty; denies statements attributed to him by Kempski, but few take denial seriously
Amb de Lojendio (Spain) ordered by Castro to leave Cuba after he interrupts latter's TV-radio int to protest Castro linking him with counter-revolutionaries; Castro stress on US as base for incendiary bombers, other anti-US charges noted
terrorism threatens nation's existence; map
1960Sidney Lowe, American basketball player[†]
Sidney Rochell Lowe is an American former basketball player and current assistant coach for the Detroit Pistons of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Lowe played college basketball and served as the head coach at North Carolina State University.
1960Mike Terrana, American hard rock and heavy metal drummer[†]
Mike Terrana is an American hard rock and heavy metal drummer.
1960Little Joe 1B, a Mercury spacecraft, lifts off from Wallops Island, Virginia with Miss Sam, a female rhesus monkey on board.[†]
The Little Joe 1B was a launch escape system test of the Mercury spacecraft, conducted as part of the U.S. Mercury program. The mission also carried a female rhesus monkey named Miss Sam in the Mercury spacecraft. The mission was launched January 21, 1960, from Wallops Island, Virginia. The Little Joe 1B flew to an apogee of 9.3 statute miles (15.0 km) and a range of 11.7 miles (18.9 km) out to sea. Miss Sam survived the 8 minute 35 second flight in good condition. The spacecraft was recovered by a Marine helicopter and returned to Wallops Island within about 45 minutes. Miss Sam was one of many monkeys used in space travel research.
1960Avianca Flight 671 crashes at Montego Bay, Jamaica airport, killing 37 people.[†]
Avianca Flight 671, registration HK-177, was a Lockheed Constellation that crashed and burned on landing at Sangster International Airport, Montego Bay, Jamaica, on 21 January 1960. It was and remains the worst accident in Jamaican aviation history.
1960A coal mine collapses at Holly Country, South Africa, killing 435 miners.[†]
The Coalbrook mining disaster is the worst mining accident in the history of South Africa. The disaster occurred in the Coalbrook coal mine of Clydesdale Colliery on 21 January 1960 at around 19:00 when approximately 900 pillars caved in, almost 180 metres (590 ft) underground. The mine is situated in the Northern Free State, 21 kilometres (13 mi) south west of Vereeniging. About 1,000 miners were in the mine at the time and 437 died after being trapped, while the rest escaped through an incline shaft. The miners were suffocated by methane gas and crushed to death by rockfall.
In 1960, the world population was approximately 3,015,470,894 people[†]