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US Appeals Ct bars special tests for Negroes seeking admission to white pss, Hillsborough County
Wagner refuses to say if he backs DeSapio re-election to Natl Com, TV int; seen opposed to his natl role
Repr Dingell offers bill to bar successive rate increases while FPC decisions on cases are pending
Judge Rifkind recommends to US Sup Ct that Ariz get clear title to Colo River water claimed in long feud with Calif; Rifkind, ct-apptd special master, makes finding after 26-mo trial; finding, if approved, would give Ariz 3.8 million acre-feet of water annually; Calif quota cut; quotas set for Nev and NM, co-defendants; other co-defendants named; approval of finding would pave way for huge irrigation project to reclaim central Ariz desert; rev
A wide range of opinion on the incident of the United States plane downed over the Soviet Union was brought out yesterday in interviews with about 100 men and women in four midtown locations.
1960Tony Gwynn, American baseball player and coach (died 2014)[†]
Anthony Keith Gwynn Sr., nicknamed "Mr. Padre", was an American professional baseball right fielder, who played 20 seasons (1982–2001) in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the San Diego Padres. The left-handed hitting Gwynn won eight batting titles in his career, which is tied for the most in National League (NL) history. He was a 15-time All-Star and won seven Silver Slugger Awards and five Gold Glove Awards. Gwynn stayed with the Padres his entire career, and played in the only two World Series appearances in San Diego franchise history. Having hit over .300 for 19 straight seasons, Gwynn retired with a .338 career batting average, the highest mark since Ted Williams retired in 1960; Gwynn also holds the highest adjusted batting average of all time at .342. He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2007 in his first year of eligibility, and is widely considered the best pure hitter of his generation.
1960The Food and Drug Administration announces it will approve birth control as an additional indication for Searle's Enovid, making Enovid the world's first approved oral contraceptive pill.[†]
The United States Food and Drug Administration is a federal agency of the Department of Health and Human Services. The FDA is responsible for protecting and promoting public health through the control and supervision of food safety, tobacco products, caffeine products, dietary supplements, prescription and over-the-counter pharmaceutical drugs (medications), vaccines, biopharmaceuticals, blood transfusions, medical devices, electromagnetic radiation emitting devices (ERED), cosmetics, animal foods & feed and veterinary products.
In 1960, the world population was approximately 3,015,470,894 people[†]