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Oberlaender leaves office, ostensibly on vacation; is expected to retire; Soc Dems get pledge to that effect from Christian Dems
Herter says 10-nation conf recess, sought by USSR, may be to permit Khrushchev to present new idea at summit, news conf; sees no reason to take long recess; doubts nuclear tests treaty can be worked out in 30 or 90 days; comments on on-site inspection and moratorium issues; sees any major clash on Berlin at summit conf harming disarmament; says extension of moratorium would be up to Eisenhower's successor; says Communist China would be expected eventually to adhere to any accord
Lr carrying Pres Eisenhower reply to Chilean students defends US Cuban and Latin Amer policies
Civil Rights Comm Chmn Hannah asks funds for probe of racial bias in employment, HR subcom
R Kopple, originator of fair idea and unpaid acting exec vp since formation of fair com, will not be apptd to exec staff; Moses reptdly objected to him on personal grounds; Fair Corp officials decline comment
1960Jaak Aab, Estonian educator and politician, Minister of Social Affairs of Estonia[†]
Jaak Aab is an Estonian politician who has served as Minister of Education and Research and three times as the Minister of Public Administration from 2017 to 2018, from 2019 to 2020 and from 2011 to 2022 and as the Minister of Social Affairs from 2005 to 2007. From 1994 until 5 January 2024, he was a member of the Estonian Centre Party before joining the Social Democratic Party. He is the former mayor of Võhma and has served in the IX, XI, XIV and XV Riigikogu.
1960Dr. Hendrik Verwoerd, Prime Minister of South Africa and architect of apartheid, narrowly survives an assassination attempt by a white farmer, David Pratt in Johannesburg.[†]
Hendrik Frensch Verwoerd, also known as H. F. Verwoerd, was a Dutch-born South African politician, scholar in applied psychology, philosophy, and sociology, and newspaper editor who was Prime Minister of South Africa from 1958 until his assassination in 1966.
In 1960, the world population was approximately 3,015,470,894 people[†]