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WASHINGTON, March 8--President Kennedy will send a special message to Congress Monday proposing a ten-year program of aid to Latin America for social and economic development.
Presidents Kennedy and Nkrumah conf on African problems, Washington; seek common ground; both voice optimism; details
Kennedy warns Cong and pub against letting ch-state issue kill program, news conf; sees adding loans for non-pub schools periling legis; repeats grants to private schools would be unconst; believes 'a cross-the-bd' loans fall into same category but admits cts have not yet decided question; would keep loans issue apart from bill; Ribicoff warns against injecting 'side issues' like religion into program, Sen subcom
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Pres Kennedy warns against boycotts of imported goods, news conf; IBEW Jan threat to refuse to install Japanese equipment noted
1961Rick Steiner, American wrestler[†]
Robert Rechsteiner is an American retired professional wrestler, better known by the ring name Rick Steiner.
1961Darrell Walker, American basketball player and coach[†]
Darrell Walker is an American college basketball coach and retired professional player. He is currently head men's coach at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. Walker played in National Basketball Association (NBA) for 10 seasons, winning an NBA championship with the Chicago Bulls in 1993. He played college basketball for Westark Community College and the Arkansas Razorbacks.
1961Sputnik 9 successfully launches, carrying a dog and a human dummy, and demonstrating that the Soviet Union was ready to begin human spaceflight.[†]
Korabl-Sputnik 4 or Vostok-3KA No.1, also known as Sputnik 9 in the West, was a Soviet spacecraft which was launched on 9 March 1961. Carrying the mannequin Ivan Ivanovich, a dog named Chernushka, some mice and the first guinea pig in space, it was a test flight of the Vostok spacecraft.
In 1961, the world population was approximately 3,064,869,675 people[†]