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In 1960, the world population was approximately 3,015,470,894 people[†]
1960Pete Willis, English guitarist and songwriter[†]
Peter Andrew Willis is a retired English guitarist, best known as a founder member of the hard rock band Def Leppard. He was with Def Leppard from 1977 to 1982, when he was fired from the band and replaced by Phil Collen. Willis’s firing was due to drinking problems.
1960The U.S. Navy submarine USS Triton begins Operation Sandblast, setting sail from New London, Connecticut, to begin the first submerged circumnavigation of the globe.[†]
USS Triton (SSRN/SSN-586), the only member of her class, was a nuclear powered radar picket submarine in the United States Navy. She was the only Western submarine powered by two nuclear reactors. Triton was the second submarine and the fourth vessel of the United States Navy to be named for the Greek god Triton. This naming convention was unusual at the time; U.S. Navy submarines were usually named for various species of fish. At the time of her commissioning in 1959, Triton was the largest, most powerful, and most expensive submarine ever built at $109 million excluding the cost of nuclear fuel and reactors.
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HR subcom hearings on payola; WMEX pres M Richmond says he got $14,000 for broadcasting 1 distributor's records for 13 wks; mgr R S Richmond says WMEX began announcing payments when subcom opened probe; WMEX disk jockey A Ginsburg says he got $4,400 in 3 yrs from record cos but denies payola; Repr Harris angered; NY record mfr J Gold says Finan and Young of KYW told him his records would not be played unless he changed distributors; says records were played after threat to complain to FCC; Young cannot recall incident, Finan denies it; Gold denies payola
Nehru asks Chou En-lai to New Delhi in Mar to discuss dispute, lr; repts to Parliament; stresses entire border is not subject to negotiation; sees no 'common ground' but seeks peaceful settlement; urges Chou to reconsider his rejection of Indian Nov 16 proposals on withdrawal of Chinese and Indian troops from disputed areas; encloses External Affairs Min note repudiating Chinese claims; authoritative sources deny Nehru lr was linked to Nehru-Khrushchev talks; Indian reaction to lr
Met Regional Council proposes new 3-state agency to deal with commuter problems; Ribicoff approves; Meyner pledges prompt study
TVs announcing NYC Charter revision plan
Annual legis conf; Gov Rockefeller s
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Army modifies program to permit advanced cadets to take 20% of instruction in non-mil subjects but urges compulsory basic course; repts 233 schools approve change; Mich State U faculty votes to make program elective
Premier Khrushchev chides Indians for not sharing his bitterness toward Western econ aid, s, Calcutta
NJ Assembly approves bill to set up agency to supervise and finance relocation of Washington Mkt (NYC) in NJ
AFL-CIO pres Meany repts he made offer to Sec Mitchell to recruit nonunion Negro electricians for Washington, DC, project as means of smashing IBEW Local 26 racial ban; holds move failed because President's Com on Govt Contracts refused to put similar pressure on contractor; says Com earlier exerted pressure on him to crack down on Local
Army reptdly shields insurgent leaders J-J Susini and Dr J-P Perez despite French orders for arrest; Delouvrier confirms 2 have not been arrested
Dr Conant scores 'almost vicious' overemphasis on competitive sports in jr hss, s, Amer Schools Admrs Assn