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Tobin repts Port Auth drops plan for Morris County jetport because of NJ Legis opposition; repts 78 test borings begun at other sites
Says RC Ch would not try to interfere in RC Pres pol activities, s, Washington, regarded as authoritative hierarchy views on 'religious issue' in US Pres campaign
Khrushchev circulates lr at UN asking that India, Indonesia, Mex, Ghana and UAR be added to 10-nation disarmament com; US reptdly backs present makeup or smaller com, but would not object to small nations if they want seat; com formation outside UN but accord to rept to UN noted
Kennedy rules Jewish policemen must work on Yom Kippur despite Amer Rabbinical Council protest; Police Hq says they may exch tours of duty with non-Jewish police; Wagner silent
Kennedy handling of debate linked to move by Southern Govs to throw their full support to him
1960Gary Ayres, Australian footballer and coach[†]
Gary James Ayres is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He is currently the senior coach for the Montrose Football Club in the Eastern Football Netball League (EFNL). Ayres' playing career is honored by the existence of the Gary Ayres Award, an annual award given to the player judged best-afield by the AFL Coaches Association throughout each AFL finals series.
1960Tom Byrum, American golfer[†]
Thomas Elliott Byrum is an American professional golfer who currently plays on the PGA Tour Champions.
1960Frank Hammerschlag, German footballer and manager[†]
Frank Hammerschlag is a German football manager and former player.
1960Gus Logie, Trinidadian cricketer[†]
Augustine Lawrence Logie, commonly known as Gus Logie, is a former West Indies and Trinidad and Tobago cricketer and is currently an international cricket coach. He coached the West Indies to win the 2004 ICC Champions Trophy, the first major world cricket title the team won since winning the 1979 Cricket World Cup. He was a part of the West Indian squad which finished as runners-up at the 1983 Cricket World Cup.
1960Kamlesh Patel, Baron Patel of Bradford, English politician[†]
Kamlesh Kumar Patel, Baron Patel of Bradford, is a member of the House of Lords. Having been appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 1999 Birthday Honours, he was created a life peer as Baron Patel of Bradford, of Bradford in the County of West Yorkshire on 8 June 2006. He currently sits as a non-affiliated peer, as of 20 March 2018, but has previously sat as a crossbench (2006–2008), Labour (2008–2012) and Labour and Co-operative (2012–2018) peer.
1960Jennifer Rush, American singer-songwriter[†]
Jennifer Rush is an American pop and rock singer. She achieved initial success during the mid-1980s with several singles and studio albums, including the million-selling single "The Power of Love", which she co-wrote and released in 1984. Her initial greatest success came in Europe. Other successful singles from that period include "Ring of Ice", "Destiny", "I Come Undone", "You're My One and Only", "Higher Ground", "25 Lovers", "If You're Ever Gonna Lose My Love", "Heart over Mind" and "Flames of Paradise", a duet with Elton John. In the 1990s she had several charting singles, including "Tears in the Rain".
1960Socrates Villegas, Filipino archbishop[†]
Sócrates "Soc" Buenaventura Villegas is a Filipino prelate, and a professed member of the Dominican Order. He is the fifth and current Archbishop of Lingayen-Dagupan in Pangasinan since 2009, and is the former president of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines from 2013 to 2017, previously serving as the vice president of the episcopal conference from 2011 to 2013.
In 1960, the world population was approximately 3,015,470,894 people[†]