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Sen Fulbright sees UN destruction threat in USSR boycott of Sec Gen Hammarskjold and demand for his ouster for alleged role in murder of Congo ex-Premier Lumumba
US hopes for USSR restraint are shaken by USSR boycott of UN Sec Gen Hammarskjold and demand for his ouster as 'accomplice and organizer' of Congo ex-Premier Lumumba murder
BONN, Germany, Feb. 14 -- Foreign Minister Heinrich von Brentano indicated today that West Germany was beginning to move toward some of the views advanced by the United States in the financial discussions between the countries.
Kennedy moves to spur Cong action; confs at White House with Speaker Rayburn, Vice Pres Johnson, Sens Mansfield, Humphrey, Reprs McCormack, Albert; Congressmen briefed by Secs Goldberg, Hodges, Freeman, Dillon; Rayburn holds situation most urgent since '30s; Cong remains lethargic despite Kennedy effort to create crisis sense; Repubs charge overstatement for pol effect
Rockefeller, Repub leaders choose Sept 7; Assemblyman Goddard offers bill; pol considerations on date choice noted
1961Laurence Owen, American figure skater (born 1944)[†]
Laurence Rochon "Laurie" Owen was an American figure skater. She was the 1961 U.S. National Champion and represented the United States at the 1960 Winter Olympics, where she placed sixth. She was the daughter of Maribel Vinson and Guy Owen and the sister of Maribel Owen. Owen died, along with her mother, sister and the entire United States Figure Skating team, in the crash of Sabena Flight 548 en route to the 1961 World Figure Skating Championships. In 2011, on the 50th anniversary of the crash, Owen and the entire team was inducted into the United States Figure Skating Hall of Fame.
1961Sabena Flight 548 crashes in Belgium, killing 73, including the entire United States figure skating team along with several of their coaches and family members.[†]
Sabena Flight 548 was a scheduled international passenger flight from Idlewild Airport in New York City to Brussels Airport in Belgium. On 15 February 1961, the Boeing 707-329 operating the flight crashed on approach to Brussels Airport, killing all 72 people on board and one person on the ground. The fatalities included the entire United States figure skating team, which was traveling to the World Figure Skating Championships in Prague, Czechoslovakia. The precise cause of the crash remains unknown; the most likely explanation was thought to be a failure of the mechanism that adjusts the tail stabilizer.
In 1961, the world population was approximately 3,064,869,675 people[†]