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unidentified police sgt retires after denying before grand jury that he was man Powell referred to as collector of pay-offs from Harlem numbers game operators
leaders of United Presb Ch, PE Ch, United Ch of Christ and Meth Ch demand Walter retract infiltration charge and apologize, wires to him and Sharp; text; Walter invites leaders to testify
Councilmen Brown and Isaacs score hotel, laundry and dept store officials for failure to testify at hearing on low pay
Sen Robertson cancels his subcom hearings on funds bill because of civil rights debate
Eisenhower in BA; gets cheers from estimated 750,000; illus; Peronist demonstrations and signs noted; some held; Eisenhower calls on Frondizi; s to Cong; feted; press welcome described
1960Andrés Gómez, Ecuadorian tennis player[†]
Andrés Gómez Santos is an Ecuadorian former professional tennis player. He was ranked as high as world No. 4 in singles and world No. 1 in doubles. Gómez won 21 singles titles and 33 doubles titles during his career, including a singles major at the 1990 French Open, and two doubles majors at the 1986 US Open and the 1988 French Open.
1960Johnny Van Zant, American singer-songwriter[†]
John Roy Van Zant, also known as Johnny Van Zant, is an American singer and the current lead vocalist of Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd. He is the younger brother of Lynyrd Skynyrd co-founder and former lead vocalist Ronnie Van Zant, and of the 38 Special founder Donnie Van Zant.
In 1960, the world population was approximately 3,015,470,894 people[†]