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Govt moves to crush African opposition to policies; Erasmus calls for harsher penalties for Africans; death toll in Mar 21 rioting put at 89; Emperor Haile Selassie contributes $11,200 for victims kin
CAB vice chmn Gurney agrees legis needed but opposes pending bills; scores Hector '59 memo
approved by Legis
Bd pub on curriculum cites new hs course aimed at preparing students for happy family life
1960Laurie Graham, Canadian skier[†]
Laurie Graham, is a former Canadian downhill skier.
1960Bill Johnson, American skier (died 2016)[†]
William Dean Johnson was an American World Cup alpine ski racer. By winning the downhill at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia, Johnson became the first American male to win an Olympic gold medal in alpine skiing and the first racer not from an Alpine country to win an Olympic downhill race.
1960Joseph Haas, German composer and educator (born 1879)[†]
Joseph Haas was a German late romantic composer and music teacher.
In 1960, the world population was approximately 3,015,470,894 people[†]