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A four-inch snowfall coated the left-over accumulation of previous storms here yesterday, but the snow began tapering off before midnight.
says rift exists
Hosps Dept yr-end rev sees staff shortage of 50-75% in key jobs, Jacobs rept to City Admr Fitch; links higher pay offered outside NYC service; cites Dept moves to ease shortages
Min Mhouy Abhay admits appeals to internatl orgns for help were only internal propaganda moves, news conf attended by Boun Oum; says move aimed to show Laotians that Govt had friends abroad; says mil situation is far from desperate; repts Govt wants Souvanna Phouma to conf with Savang Vathana and is not completely opposed to inclusion of Neo Lao Hak Xat in Govt
Dior collection designed by M Bohan hailed
1961Gillian Gilbert, English musician, songwriter, and singer[†]
Gillian Lesley Gilbert is an English musician. She is the keyboardist and guitarist of the band New Order.
1961Narciso Rodriguez, American fashion designer[†]
Narciso Jesus Rodriguez III is an American fashion designer.
1961Margo Timmins, Canadian singer-songwriter[†]
Margo Timmins is the lead vocalist of Canadian alternative country and folk rock band Cowboy Junkies. Her brothers Michael Timmins and Peter Timmins are the band's lead guitarist and drummer.
1961Bernard Friedberg, Austrian scholar and author (born 1876)[†]
Bernard Friedberg was an Austrian Hebraist, scholar and bibliographer.
1961The Soviet submarine S-80 sinks when its snorkel malfunctions, flooding the boat.[†]
S-80 was a diesel-electric submarine of the Soviet Navy.
In 1961, the world population was approximately 3,064,869,675 people[†]