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Cavanagh charges NYCTA laxity after series of small fires between IND 5th and Lexington Av stations; blames accumulation of rubbish; Patterson says Fire Dept disrupted service unnecessarily
HR, 236-170, defeats Poage bill; com chmn Cooley doubts any wheat legis will be enacted now; earlier, HR again rejected Sen bill, 211-195; comment
Kennedy says he hopes to win nomination without Southern help, conf with Liberals; seen sure of Liberal support if he wins; hints near accord with Humphrey on 63 1/2 votes still pledged to him; Liberal leaders Baron and Hays comment; illus
s on resolution, Security Council
US instructs Eaton to seek Western unity on action plan stressing study of points common to both USSR and Western proposals; suggestions include ban on space vehicles carrying weapons of mass destruction, accord on forces ceilings, control orgn, internatl police force
1960Elish Angiolini, Scottish lawyer, judge, and politician, Solicitor General for Scotland[†]
Lady Elish Frances Angiolini is a Scottish lawyer currently serving as Lord Clerk Register, the first woman to hold the role since its creation in the 13th century. She was appointed Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, the British Monarch's representative to the Assembly, in 2025, succeeding Prince Edward, Duke of Edinburgh. Angiolini is a Pro Vice Chancellor of the University of Oxford and has served as the Principal of St Hugh's College, Oxford since 2012; she was a candidate in the 2024 University of Oxford Chancellor election.
1960Siedah Garrett, American singer-songwriter and pianist[†]
Born Deborah Christine "Garrett, Siedah Garrett is an American singer and songwriter who has written songs and performed backing vocals for many recording artists in the music industry, such as Michael Jackson, the Pointer Sisters, Brand New Heavies, Quincy Jones, Tevin Campbell, Donna Summer, Madonna, Jennifer Hudson among others. Garrett has been nominated for two Academy Awards for Best Original Song, and won the Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media at the 50th Annual Grammy Awards for co-writing "Love You I Do" for the 2006 musical film, Dreamgirls. She co-wrote Jackson's hit song "Man in the Mirror", which was nominated for the Grammy Award for Record of the Year.
1960Karin Pilsäter, Swedish accountant and politician[†]
Anna Karin Pilsater is a Swedish politician with the Liberal People's Party. She is a former member of the Riksdag since 1991, representing Stockholm County, and was previously the party's spokesperson on economic policy.
1960Erik Poppe, Norwegian director, cinematographer, and screenwriter[†]
Erik Poppe is a Norwegian film director, producer and screenwriter.
1960Venezuelan President Rómulo Betancourt is injured in an assassination attempt.[†]
Venezuela, officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in the Caribbean Sea. It comprises an area of 916,445 km2 (353,841 sq mi), and its population was estimated at 29 million in 2022. The capital and largest urban agglomeration is the city of Caracas. The continental territory is bordered on the north by the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Colombia, Brazil on the south, Trinidad and Tobago to the north-east and on the east by Guyana. Venezuela is a presidential republic consisting of 23 states, the Capital District and federal dependencies covering Venezuela's offshore islands. Venezuela is among the most urbanized countries in Latin America; the vast majority of Venezuelans live in the cities of the north and in the capital.
In 1960, the world population was approximately 3,015,470,894 people[†]