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Vice Pres Nixon charges Sen Kennedy agr program will cut supplies to wartime levels, s, W Orange, NJ
500-lb active communications satellite put into orbit from Cape Canaveral by Thor-Able-Star vehicle on 3d anniv of start of space age; transmits Pres Eisenhower message to Sec Herter at UN for delivery to Assembly Pres Boland; 51-inch sphere with 20,000 solar cells on outer shell goes into elliptical oribt 500-745 mi up; carries message prerecorded by Sec Brucker; acts as 'delayed repeater' to transmit messages stored on magnetic tape on command from ground; can receive and send 372,500 words during 5-min pass over ground station; contrasted with Echo passive satellite; is forerunner of Project Advent, in which 3 equidistant satellites will be synchronized with earth's rotation to remain over same spot on earth; Courier payload built by Philco Corp, ground equipment by IT&T, ground antennas by Radiation Inc; satellite illus; orbit map
Nehru, Nasser, Sukarno and Nkrumah conf with Asian-African bloc at U Thant request seeking unanimous support of 5-nation resolution; Nehru to press for resolution; describes conception, s, UN Correspondents Assn
NY SCAD says it found anti-Cath bias in hiring and promotion of faculty, brief to NYS Sup Ct replying to Higher Educ Bd injunction suit; details purported evidence; asks temporary stay of its probe be vacated
1960Daniel Baldwin, American actor, director, and producer[†]
Daniel Leroy Baldwin is an American actor and director. He is the second-oldest of the four Baldwin brothers, all of whom are actors. He is best known for playing the role of Detective Beau Felton in the NBC TV series Homicide: Life on the Street. He also starred in the films Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man (1991), Hero (1992), Mulholland Falls, Trees Lounge, Vampires, Phoenix, Paparazzi (2004), Sidekick (2005), The Beach Party at the Threshold of Hell (2006), and Grey Gardens (2009).
1960Careca, Brazilian footballer[†]
Antônio de Oliveira Filho, better known as Careca, is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a forward.
1960David Kirk, New Zealand rugby player and coach[†]
David Edward Kirk is a former New Zealand rugby union player. He is best known for having been the captain of the All Blacks when they won the inaugural Rugby World Cup in 1987.
In 1960, the world population was approximately 3,015,470,894 people[†]