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US plan to assure USSR on Vela series presented to 3-power conf by Wadsworth; Tsarapkin insists on USSR right to examine devices; denies USSR plans test series on detection
USSR offers revised, 3-stage gen disarmament plan starting with ban on means of delivery of nuclear weapons under internatl control; program conditioned on liquidation of foreign bases; presented to Western Big-3 Ambs in Moscow and to UN members at UN; envisages UN security force under Security Council; would permit aerial reconnaissance by control orgn but bar natl reconnaissance by plane or satellite; further provisions and apparent concessions to West discussed
Min Profumo says GB considers Joining Euratom; Western Eur Union Assembly had asked study of possibility
Heavy fighting between Tibetans and Communist Chinese in South reptd; reptd sparked by Chinese desecration of monasteries and forced labor; new resistance in West also reptd; other details; map
$24-million Freedom Shrine proposed on park site overlooking Potomac River, Washington, A L Huxtable rept; Eisenhower proposed project to Cong May 16; bills offered; structure is huge roofless walled ct designed by E Gugler and has wall sculptures by P Manship; to be financed by $12 million in Fed funds and $12 million in subscriptions; Huxtable revs monument history, beginning with proposed Hall of Our History, '53; Hall exec com included A H Sulzberger; Huxtable criticizes style and other aspects of Freedom Shrine; queries advisability of another addition to Washington 'monument belt'; model illus
1960Jeff Colyer, American politician, 47th Governor of Kansas[†]
Jeffrey William Colyer is an American surgeon and politician who served as the 47th governor of Kansas from January 31, 2018, to January 14, 2019. A member of the Republican Party, he was the 49th lieutenant governor of Kansas from 2011 to 2018. Colyer served in the Kansas House of Representatives from 2007 to 2009 and the Kansas Senate from 2009 to 2011. He assumed the governorship when Sam Brownback resigned to become United States Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom. Colyer ran for a full term as governor in 2018, but narrowly lost the Republican primary to Kansas secretary of state Kris Kobach, who in turn lost the general election to Democratic nominee Laura Kelly.
1960Catherine Davani, first female Papua New Guinean judge (died 2016)[†]
Catherine Anne Davani was a Papua New Guinean judge. She was the first female to serve as a judge of the Supreme Court of Papua New Guinea from 2001 until her death.
1960Tracy Grimshaw, Australian television host[†]
Tracy Grimshaw is an Australian journalist and television presenter.
1960Carl Rackemann, Australian cricketer and sportscaster[†]
Carl Gray Rackemann is a former Queensland and Australian cricketer. He was a fast bowler in 12 Test matches, 52 One Day Internationals and 167 first-class cricket matches in a career spanning 1979/80 to 1995/96.
In 1960, the world population was approximately 3,015,470,894 people[†]