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Kennedy resigns
Eisenhower names Sec Mitchell to head Pres comm to seek solution to work rules dispute; appts 4 others to represent pub; endorses members named by rrs and unions
FAA denies plans to change control system as result of Bklyn-SI disaster
State Dept satisfied; Israel welcomes visits by scientists of friendly countries
last-min discord; W Ger optimism not shared by E Ger; E Ger Planning Comm chief Leuschner says indus changes are planned in '61 to decrease dependence on W Ger goods
1960Hilkka Saarinen née Pylkkänen is murdered in the so-called "oven homicide" case in Krootila, Kokemäki, Finland.[†]
The oven homicide refers to the homicide of Hilkka Hillevi Saarinen née Pylkkänen, in the village of Krootila in Kokemäki, Finland in December 1960. It is one of Finland's best-known homicide cases, and the killer has never been officially identified.
In 1960, the world population was approximately 3,015,470,894 people[†]