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Pres Eisenhower backs amending legis to permit weapons transfer to some allies, news conf; Sen Anderson warns against transfer without Cong approval
some pro-civil rights groups score Adm plan for failure to get voting issue out of cts; critics include NAACP, ADA, Anti-Defamation League, some labor unions; Justice Dept holds setting up non-judicial process for both Fed and state elections would be unconst
NY,NH&H rise takes effect following approval by NYS PSC and Conn PUC; Comms also approve rise in single fares; old and new commuter fares listed
US to increase aid at least 50% to $250-300 million a yr; move linked to Pres Eisenhower's Dec visit, challenge of Communist China's econ growth
Scores U of S Afr racial segregation policies, s, S Afr Parliament
1960Siobhan Dowd, English author and activist (died 2007)[†]
Siobhan Dowd was a British writer and activist. The last book she completed, Bog Child, posthumously won the 2009 Carnegie Medal from the professional librarians, recognising the year's best book for children or young adults published in the UK.
1960Jonathan Larson, American lyricist, composer, and playwright (died 1996)[†]
Jonathan David Larson was an American composer, lyricist and playwright, most famous for writing the musicals Rent and Tick, Tick... Boom!, which explored the social issues of multiculturalism, substance use disorder, and homophobia.
In 1960, the world population was approximately 3,015,470,894 people[†]