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USSR proposes using troops of 'other countries' if UN does not replace all Belgian troops; demands that Katanga leaders be held; other proposals; press scores UN action
Defense Dept statement; assumes they have gone behind Iron Curtain; says information they might possess 'could not in any way be prejudicial to security of US communications'; repts 1 was under psychiatric treatment; says they were jr mathematicians employed 'in ltd areas of communications statistical work'; their possible defection brings to 8 number of US defectors in yr
Meyner calls on all Govs and HR to back him, some Neb state Sens protest contempt citation
Sen Kennedy sees large US Negro population asset in ties with new nations if Negro rights are assured, press conf, NYC
Cabinet gives legal status to bd
1960Dale Ellis, American basketball player[†]
Dale Ellis is an American former professional basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association (NBA). At various points in his career, Ellis held the record for the most career 3-point field goals made, until Reggie Miller surpassed him. His 1,719 career made three-pointers ranked 2nd in NBA history at the time of his retirement, and rank 34th in NBA history as of January 2025.
1960Cuban Revolution: Cuba nationalizes American and foreign-owned property in the nation.[†]
The Cuban Revolution was the military and political movement that overthrew the dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista, who had ruled Cuba from 1952 to 1959. The revolution began after the 1952 Cuban coup d'état, in which Batista overthrew the emerging Cuban democracy and consolidated power. Among those who opposed the coup was Fidel Castro, then a young lawyer, who initially tried to challenge the takeover through legal means in the Cuban courts. When these efforts failed, Fidel Castro and his brother Raúl led an armed assault on the Moncada Barracks, a Cuban military post, on 26 July 1953.
In 1960, the world population was approximately 3,015,470,894 people[†]