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Dual job dispute; Kennedy says he was told ptl plan mass absences on Election Day; threatens mass dismissals; Cassese denies PBA link; summons rise continues; 15 more ptl deny holding dual jobs
role in successful talks noted
Kennedy stresses right to vote without instructions from clergy or anyone else, s, Phila; ref to bishops directive seen
Abp of Canterbury to visit Pope John early in Dec, 1st meeting since Reformation between Ch of Eng Primate and RC Pope; visit will come at end of Mideast tour during which he will visit Orthodox Patriarchs; speculation
1960Tim Cook, American businessman and engineer, current CEO of Apple Inc.[†]
Timothy Donald Cook is an American business executive who is the current chief executive officer of Apple Inc. Cook had previously been the company's chief operating officer under its co-founder Steve Jobs. Cook joined Apple in March 1998 as a senior vice president for worldwide operations, and then as vice president for worldwide sales and operations. He was appointed chief executive of Apple on August 24, 2011, after Jobs resigned.
1960Fernando Valenzuela, Mexican baseball player, coach, and sportscaster (died 2024)[†]
Fernando Valenzuela Anguamea, nicknamed "El Toro", was a Mexican professional baseball pitcher. Valenzuela played 17 Major League Baseball (MLB) seasons, from 1980 to 1997. He played for six MLB teams, most prominently with the Los Angeles Dodgers, who signed him in 1979 and gave him his MLB debut in 1980. Valenzuela batted and threw left-handed, with an unorthodox windup. He was one of a small number of pitchers who regularly threw a screwball in the modern era.
In 1960, the world population was approximately 3,015,470,894 people[†]