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NATO secretariat officials hold Khrushchev overplayed U-2 incident
Dem Cong leaders urge natl unity now but Sens Mansfield and Johnson foresee probe of adm 'blunders'; Mansfield urges Eisenhower bring Sen Fulbright to Paris as adviser; Repubs concede pol harm; Nixon opposes discussing pol considerations of conf; holds Khrushchev blunders by trying to blame Eisenhower for collapse
Abp Perez Serantes issues pastoral lr attacking communism and urging Caths to fight 'enemy within our gates'; lr pub in Informacion and El Crisol, ignored by Govt press and radio; Perez former close ties with Castro noted; Roa denies employes of recently seized newspapers will be held; 6 men reptd held for planning sabotage, Camaguey Prov
West fears for Geneva talks on disarmament and tests ban because of summit conf collapse; Russians in Paris insist talks will proceed
Osservatore Romano ed saying RC hierarchy has right and duty to intervene in pol seen aimed at current drive by some Christian Dems for collaboration with Left-Wing Socialists against Ch's advice
1960Brent Ashton, Canadian ice hockey player and coach[†]
Brent Kenneth Ashton is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who spent 14 seasons in the National Hockey League between 1979 and 1993. Despite being a fine goalscoring winger, he was known during his career for being the most-traded player in the history of the NHL, a record since tied by Mike Sillinger.
1960Jari Kurri, Finnish ice hockey player, coach, and manager[†]
Jari Pekka Kurri is a Finnish former professional ice hockey player. Beginning in 1980, he played right wing for five National Hockey League (NHL) teams: the Edmonton Oilers, the Los Angeles Kings, the New York Rangers, the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim, and the Colorado Avalanche. Kurri played 17 seasons in the NHL and was the first Finnish player to be enshrined into the Hockey Hall of Fame, in 2001. He was a member of a Stanley Cup-winning team five times, all with the Oilers. In 2017, Kurri was named one of the 100 Greatest NHL Players in history. He won the Lady Byng Memorial Trophy in 1985, and was the NHL goal scoring leader in the 1985–86 season.
1960Yannick Noah, French tennis player[†]
Yannick Noah is a French former professional tennis player and singer, who was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 2005. Noah won the French Open in 1983, and is a former captain of both France's Davis Cup and Billie Jean King Cup teams. During his nearly two-decade career, Noah captured 23 singles titles and 16 doubles titles, reaching a career-high singles ranking of world No. 3 in July 1986 and attaining the world No. 1 doubles ranking the following month. Since his retirement from the game, Noah has remained in the public eye as a popular music performer and as the co-founder, with his mother, of a charity organization for underprivileged children. Noah is also the father of former NBA player Joakim Noah.
In 1960, the world population was approximately 3,015,470,894 people[†]