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December 5, 1960

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Historical Context for December 5, 1960

In 1960, the world population was approximately 3,015,470,894 people^[†]

Notable Births

1960Frans Adelaar, Dutch footballer and manager^[†]

Frans Adelaar is a Dutch football manager and former professional player.

1960Osvaldo Golijov, Argentinian-American composer and educator^[†]

Osvaldo Noé Golijov is an Argentine composer of classical music and music professor, known for his vocal and orchestral work.

1960Jack Russell, American singer-songwriter and producer (died 2024)^[†]

Jack Patrick Russell was an American rock vocalist. He was a founding member of the hard rock band Great White.

1960Matthew Taylor, English businessman and politician^[†]

Matthew Taylor is a British former political strategist and current Chief Executive of the NHS Confederation, having previously led the Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA) in the United Kingdom between 2006 and 2021. In 2005, he was appointed by incumbent Prime Minister Tony Blair as head of the Number 10 Policy Unit. He is a writer, public speaker and broadcaster who has been a panellist on BBC Radio 4's Moral Maze since 2008. In October 2016, he was appointed Chair of the Review of Modern Employment established by Prime Minister Theresa May; the Taylor Review report Good Work was published in July 2017. A response to the report was published in Feb 2018 by Rt Hon Greg Clark MP then Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.

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Headlines from December 5, 1960

Rabat's 'Gratitude' Held Likely to Produce New Anti-U.S. Pressure; RABAT PRESSURE ON U.S. EXPECTED

By Thomas F. Bradyspecial To the New York Times

RABAT, Morocco, Dec. 4 -- Western diplomatic circles asked today what price Morocco would pay for the Soviet veto of Mauritania's admission to the United Nations.

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SCHOOL PLANNED IN OFFICE TOWER

By Leonard Buder

Educ Bd studies erecting combined commercial hs and skyscraper office on city property, Manhattan; sketch; cost put at $15 million; officials see income from office offsetting cost for hs; Silver, others back project; he, Bensley and Dr Landry comment; group under Landry studies dual-purpose bldgs under Ford Foundation grant

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Record City Budget Seen Without a Rise in Taxes; A RECORD BUDGET IS SEEN FOR CITY

By Paul Crowell

NY C of C issues rept, The Coming Crisis in NYC Finances

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Evangelical Church Asks East Germans Not to Flee to West; GERMANS IN EAST ASKED TO REMAIN

By Sydney Grusonspecial To the New York Times

Evangelical Ch appeals to people, especially professionals, to desist from fleeing to West; flights up to 22,000 in Nov; appeal denounced by Neues Deutschland for failing to attack W Ger alleged efforts to spur flights

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BAR GROUP URGES SPACE-LAW DELAY; Drafting a Legal Document Now Is Held 'Premature' BAR GROUP URGES SPACE-LAW DELAY

By John W. Finneyspecial To the New York Times

Amer Bar Foundation study holds drafting of internatl space law now would be 'premature'; study made chiefly by Profs Lipson and Katzenbach under $5,000 NASA grant; some suggestions noted

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9 SLAIN IN CONGO AS TROOPS FIGHT LUMUMBA GROUP; Many Hurt in Kikwit, Where Ex-Premier Is Said to Have Found Haven on Escape U.N. ACTION IS ORDERED Moroccan Units Told to End Violence -- Army Says It Replied to Tribal Attacks 9 DIE, MANY HURT IN CONGO CLASHES

By Paul Hofmannspecial To the New York Times

Congo army clashes with Lumumba supporters in Kikwit, 250 mi from Leopoldville, where Lumumba reptdly found refuge during escape; 9 killed, many hurt; Kamitatu asks Mobutu end 'aggression' against civilians; UN orders troops to bar further violence; Kamitatu followers demonstrate, Leopoldville; UAR Amb and staff leave; Hammarskjold note to Kasavubu not yet delivered; wire from Lumumba backers in Oriental Prov demands his release in 48 hrs, threatens to raze Leopoldville; B Salumu, Leftist who was Lumumba's sec, reptdly heads Stanleyville junta; eclipses L Lumumba and Gizenga; seals off Oriental Prov frontier in apparent move to hold whites as hostage; chaos prevails, Stanleyville; map

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Soviet Builds Arctic Boom Town While Western Communities Lag; SOVIET BOOM TOWN MINES ARCTIC ORE

By Walter Sullivan

experts at conf cite USSR boom town of Norilsk in Siberian Arctic to contrast lagging Western development efforts, Sullivan rept; hold investment needs beyond capabilities of private enterprise; map

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4 MAJOR GROUPS OF PROTESTANTS URGED TO UNITE; Presbyterian Asks Merger With Methodists, Church of Christ and Episcopalians UNITY PROPOSED FOR PROTESTANTS

By George Duganspecial To the New York Times

proposes merger of PE, Meth, United Presb Chs and United Ch of Christ, ser, San Francisco

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CROWD OF RACISTS HECKLES MINISTER; New Orleans Group Hurls Insults at Foreman, Who Resists School Boycott CROWD OF RACISTS HECKLES MINISTER

By Claude Sittonspecial To the New York Times

reactions of congregation, others to Rev L A Foreman, who has resisted boycott of desegregated ps; illus

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$300,000,000 PLAN TO AID YUGOSLAVS; Loans From Monetary Fund, U.S. and Europeans Will Assist Currency Reform $300,000,000 PLAN TO AID YUGOSLAVS

By Jack Raymondspecial To the New York Times

IMF credit of $300 million reptd near to permit partial convertibility of dinar; US, other Western nations to take part; speculation on effects

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KENNEDY SETS UP PANEL TO MAP AID TO JOBLESS AREAS; Urges Speed in Drafting of Program -- Names Douglas Head of 11-Man Group CITES CAMPAIGN PLEDGE Stevenson Reported Slated for U.N. Post and Udall for Interior Secretary KENNEDY SETS UP JOBLESS AID UNIT

By W.h. Lawrencespecial To the New York Times

Pres elect Kennedy, citing campaign pledge, names com to draft program to aid W Va, other depressed areas

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Policemen vs. the Commissioner: Tension at Peak in New Clashes; CITY POLICE HEAD VERSUS THE FORCE

By Wayne Phillips

Levitt charges Rockefeller uses office as stepping-stone to Pres at expense of state duties, TV

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