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Statement rejecting Mayor Wagner charges on NYS group probing NYC alleged corruption
sought in Windward Islands; Galvao radio messages recd by US stations and NY Times say ship was seized in name of Gen Delgado, Salazar foe and ex-Pres candidate, now in exile in Brazil; 38 Amers including 5 children aboard ship; crewmen landing at St Lucia illus; map
USN ordered to board ship; State Dept says US acts under internatl laws against piracy; officials silent on possible pol implications; deny knowledge of Delgado demand that ship be recognized as internatl belligerent against Portugal; comment
1961Vivian Balakrishnan, Singaporean ophthalmologist and politician, Singaporean Ministry of National Development[ā ]
Vivian Balakrishnan is a Singaporean politician, diplomat and former ophthalmologist who has been serving as Minister for Foreign Affairs since 2015. A member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), he has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Cashew division of HollandāBukit Timah GRC since 2006, and previously the Ulu Pandan division of HollandāBukit Panjang GRC between 2001 and 2006.
1961Tim Dorsey, American novelist (died 2023)[ā ]
Timothy Alan Dorsey was an American novelist. He is known for a series starring Serge A. Storms, a mentally disturbed vigilante antihero who rampages across Florida enforcing his own moral code against a variety of low-life criminals.
1961In Washington, D.C., US President John F. Kennedy delivers the first live presidential television news conference.[ā ]
John Fitzgerald Kennedy, also known as JFK, was the 35th president of the United States, serving from 1961 until his assassination in 1963. He was the first Roman Catholic and youngest person elected president at 43 years. Kennedy served at the height of the Cold War, and the majority of his foreign policy concerned relations with the Soviet Union and Cuba. A member of the Democratic Party, Kennedy represented Massachusetts in both houses of the United States Congress prior to his presidency.
In 1961, the world population was approximately 3,064,869,675 people[ā ]