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Govt repts it will require $4.62 billion in foreign exchange to finance projects proposed in 3d 5-Yr Plan; plan calls for total investment of $23,625,000,000; seeks to raise natl income 5% annually; other goals outlined
reproduction of royal barge and cigarette case from King Phumiphon Adundet
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early test of strength between Kennedy and combined opposition seen as Johnson and Symington backers seek new rule on delegations switching votes after 1st roll-call; R F Kennedy pledges fight; Butler offers rules change, acceptable to Kennedy, for alphabetical recognition of states desiring to switch; Rules Com chmn Loveless comments; Repr C H Brown, Doyle comment on Symington, Stevenson outlook
1960Maria Wasiak, Polish businesswoman and politician, Polish Minister of Infrastructure and Development[†]
Maria Wasiak is a Polish politician who served as Minister of Infrastructure and Development of Poland and the President of Polish State Railways.
1960Aneurin Bevan, Welsh-English politician, Secretary of State for Health (born 1897)[†]
Aneurin "Nye" Bevan PC was a Welsh Labour Party politician, noted for spearheading the creation of the British National Health Service during his tenure as Minister of Health in Clement Attlee's government. He is also known for his wider contribution to the founding of the British welfare state. He was first elected as MP for Ebbw Vale in 1929, and used his Parliamentary platform to make a number of influential criticisms of Winston Churchill and his government during the Second World War. Before entering Parliament, Bevan was involved in miners' union politics and was a leading figure in the 1926 general strike. Bevan is widely regarded as one of the most influential left-wing politicians in British history.
In 1960, the world population was approximately 3,015,470,894 people[†]