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will resign as soon as pact becomes effective; demonstrations continue
HONOLULU, June 20 -- President Eisenhower returned to the United States today from a nine-day Far Eastern journey of goodwill to hear welcome shouts of "Aloha!" from cheering Hawaiian crowds.
Patterson KO's Johansson in 5th round; becomes 1st heavyweight in history to regain title
John J. Stanton, a $6,280-a-year inspector, was suspended yesterday by City Controller Lawrence E. Gerosa. This was result of testimony last week that he had taken bribes so that rock-salt purchases that failed to meet city specifications should not be rejected.
Eaton urges fresh US approach, conf with Herter, Gates, McCone, others
1960Kate Brown, American politician, 38th Governor of Oregon[†]
Katherine Brown is an American politician and attorney who served as the 38th governor of Oregon from 2015 to 2023. A member of the Democratic Party, she served three terms as the state representative from the 13th district of the Oregon House of Representatives from 1991 to 1997, three terms as the state senator from the 21st district of the Oregon Senate from 1997 to 2009, three terms as majority leader of the Oregon Senate from 2003 to 2009, and two terms as Oregon Secretary of State from 2009 to 2015. She assumed the governorship upon the resignation of John Kitzhaber in 2015. She was elected to serve out the remainder of his gubernatorial term in the special election in 2016 and was reelected to a full term in 2018.
1960Karl Erjavec, Slovenian politician[†]
Karl Viktor Erjavec is a Slovenian lawyer and politician who served in the government of Slovenia as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2012 to 2018. He was the president of the Democratic Party of Pensioners of Slovenia, having held the position from 2005 to January 2020 and again from December 2020 until March 2021. He was Minister of Defense from 2004 to 2008 and 2018 to 2020 and Minister of Environment and Spatial Planning from 2008 to 2010.
In 1960, the world population was approximately 3,015,470,894 people[†]