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34 students to visit Moscow; 4 other groups to visit Africa, Latin Amer, Far East and Middle East
revs St Patrick's Day parade, NYC; illus
T Nadler, TV quiz winner, fails enumerator test, St Louis; illus
FCC repts payola 'prevalent' in many forms in TV and radio stations, results of Dec questionnaire; sees 'possible abdication of licensee responsibility' in programming and character qualifications; warns of crackdown; to treat cases on individual basis; details types of payola, including plugs
75 unpub melodies discovered; some to be used in specially written musical play
1960Richard Biggs, American actor (died 2004)[†]
Richard James Biggs II was an American television and stage actor, known for his roles on the television series Days of Our Lives and Babylon 5.
1960Guy Carbonneau, Canadian ice hockey player and coach[†]
Joseph Harry Guy Carbonneau is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player, coach and executive in the National Hockey League. He was also the president of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League's Chicoutimi Saguenéens. Carbonneau was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in November 2019.
1960James Plaskett, Cypriot-English chess player[†]
Harold James Plaskett is a British chess grandmaster and writer.
In 1960, the world population was approximately 3,015,470,894 people[†]