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September 6, 1960

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Headlines from September 6, 1960

CENSUS LOSS TIED TO SLUM PROGRAM; City Population Drop Seen Causing Cut in State Aid CENSUS LOSS TIED TO SLUM PROGRAM

By Wayne Phillips

2/3 of apparent city population loss shown in '60 census may be result of slum clearance projects in progress at time of count; Housing Auth and Slum Clearance Com data show 62 projects displaced 124,266 persons, most of whom moved into vacated low-rent housing; 3 types of slum clearance programs and those in progress at time of '40 census and '50 census noted; table listing population loss in 11 Cong dists reptd by '60 census and loss which may be attributed to slum clearance

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KENNEDY TERMS G.O.P. ECONOMICS COSTLY TO LABOR; He Declares Administration Cut Workers' Incomes $7,000 to $10,000 DETROIT HAILS NOMINEE Throng Put Above 40,000 -- Hears Candidate Attack High Interest Rates KENNEDY SCORES G.O.P. ECONOMICS

By W.h. Lawrencespecial To the New York Times

Kennedy scores Repub econ policies as costly to labor, s, Labor Day rally, Detroit; identifies self with labor stand on econ issues and civil rights; says 'goals of labor movement are the goals of all Amers,'

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Historical Context for September 6, 1960

In 1960, the world population was approximately 3,015,470,894 people[โ€ ]