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March 1, 1961

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Headlines from March 1, 1961

PRESIDENT URGES TRUCK TAX RISES TO PAY FOR ROADS; He Calls It 'Only Fair' for Heavy Users to Take on Greater Share of Costs CUT IN GAS LEVY FOUGHT Kennedy Is Also Opposed to Any Deficit Financing -- Scores Billboard Use PRESIDENT URGES TRUCK TAX RISES

By W.h. Lawrence Special To the New York Times

Pres Kennedy message to Cong urges higher taxes on trucks to complete Fed hwy program by '72, holds heavy trucks should bear greater share of cost; proposes raising Diesel fuel tax to 7¢, other measures; opposes raising gasoline tax from 4 to 4 1/2¢ a gal, diverting $800 million yrly from gen fund to hwy trust fund; backs pay-as-you-go principle; warns against stretch-out or cutback- proposes 4-yr extension of billboard control provision with doubling of financial incentive to states to regulate billboards; orders more 'joint planning' on hwys and urban renewal; Amer Trucking Assns scores truck plan; API urges cut in gasoline tax

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Notable Births

Mike Rozier

1961Mike Rozier, American football player[†]

Michael M. Rozier is an American former professional football player who was a running back in the United States Football League (USFL) for two seasons and the National Football League (NFL) for seven seasons from 1985 to 1991. He played college football for the Nebraska Cornhuskers, winning the Heisman Trophy in 1983. Afterward, he played for the Pittsburgh Maulers and the Jacksonville Bulls of the USFL, then played for the Houston Oilers and the Atlanta Falcons of the NFL. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2006.

Historical Events

Uganda

1961Uganda becomes self-governing and holds its first elections.[†]

Uganda, officially the Republic of Uganda, is a landlocked country in East Africa. It is bordered to the east by Kenya, to the north by South Sudan, to the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, to the south-west by Rwanda, and to the south by Tanzania. The southern part includes a substantial portion of Lake Victoria, shared with Kenya and Tanzania. Uganda is in the African Great Lakes region, lies within the Nile basin, and has a varied equatorial climate. As of 2024, it has a population of 49.3 million, of whom 8.5 million live in the capital and largest city, Kampala.

Historical Context for March 1, 1961

In 1961, the world population was approximately 3,064,869,675 people[†]