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April 15, 1960

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Headlines from April 15, 1960

Peugeot Boy Freed; Some Ransom Paid; PEUGEOT BOY SAFE AFTER KIDNAPPING

By W. Granger Blairspecial To the New York Times

boy freed; some ransom paid

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Soviet Backs Western Plan For Atom Scientists' Talks; Acceptance of May Sessions on Detection of Tests Buoys Hope for Pact on Ban -- Meeting and Arms Parley Recess SOVIET APPROVES EXPERTS' PARLEY

By A. M. Rosenthalspecial To the New York Times

USSR agrees to Western proposal for meeting of scientists on detection research, 3-power conf; Tsarapkin confident of tests ban accord; conf recesses for 11-day Easter holiday

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Humphrey 'Broke,' Cuts His Staff 50%; HUMPHREY BROKE, CUTS STAFF BY 50%

By W. H. Lawrencespecial To the New York Times

Humphrey cuts staff 50% since Wis; top aide says, 'we're broke'; puts Wis deficit at $10,000; repts $2,000 loan for W Va campaign

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WESTS MINISTERS UNABLE TO AGREE FULLY ON SUMMIT; Sessions in Washington End With Variance Persisting on Tactics for Paris SOVIET AIMS PONDERED Differences of Allies Include Response to Be Offered if Khrushchev Is Adamant West's Ministers Fail to Agree Fully on Summit Talk Tactics

By William J. Jordenspecial To the New York Times

conf ends after session with NATO Sec Gen Spaak; statement

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Tobin to Go to Israel To Make Port Study; Tobin Will Visit Israel to Study Establishment of Port Authority

By Joseph C. Ingraham

NY Port Auth exec dir Tobin to study setting up port authority at request of IBRD; map

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Notable Births

1960Pierre Aubry, Canadian ice hockey player^[†]

Pierre Aubry is a Canadian former professional ice hockey left winger who played five seasons in the National Hockey League for the Quebec Nordiques and Detroit Red Wings from 1980–81 to 1984–85.

1960Susanne Bier, Danish director and screenwriter^[†]

Susanne Bier is a Danish filmmaker. Bier is the first female director to collectively receive an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, a European Film Award and a Primetime Emmy Award.

1960Pedro Delgado, Spanish cyclist and sportscaster^[†]

Pedro Delgado Robledo, also known as Perico, is a Spanish former professional road bicycle racer. He won the 1988 Tour de France, as well as the Vuelta a España in 1985 and 1989. He finished in the top 10 of eighteen Grand Tours.

1960Tony Jones, English snooker player^[†]

Tony Jones is an English former professional snooker player from Nottinghamshire.

Historical Events

1960At Shaw University in Raleigh, North Carolina, Ella Baker leads a conference that results in the creation of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, one of the principal organizations of the civil rights movement in the 1960s.^[†]

Shaw University is a private historically black university in Raleigh, North Carolina. Founded on December 1, 1865, Shaw University is the oldest HBCU to begin offering courses in the Southern United States. The school had its origin in the formation of a theological class of freedmen in the Guion Hotel. The following year it moved to a large wooden building, at the corner of Blount and Cabarrus Streets in Raleigh, where it continued as the Raleigh Institute until 1870. In 1870, the school moved to its current location on the former property of Confederate General Barringer and changed its name to the Shaw Collegiate Institute, in honor of Elijah Shaw. In 1875, the school was officially chartered with the State of North Carolina as Shaw University.

Historical Context for April 15, 1960

In 1960, the world population was approximately 3,015,470,894 people^[†]