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Min Bouavan Norasing repts Govt delegation set for departure to Cambodia to conf with Souvanna Phouma confirms rebel seizure of Sala Pou Koun
Rockefeller notes Gov lacks appointive authority over such a com, reply to Wagner charge he delayed apptg com to hold up its deliberations for '61 session
Mgt study for Moore Comm repts trucks avg less than 6 mph in city traffic as against 11 mph for mph for horse-drawn vehicles, '10
tells friends he has no plans to run but concedes possibility; seen thinking election is too far off to make commitments; has no plans to set up orgn
Hodges seas recession at bottom, expects upturn, TV-radio int; credits Kennedy; doubts need for income tax cut
1961Lise Lindbæk, Norwegian journalist and war correspondent (born 1905)[†]
Lise Lindbæk was a Norwegian freelance journalist and foreign correspondent, and writer of several books. She is commonly regarded as Norway's first female war correspondent.
In 1961, the world population was approximately 3,064,869,675 people[†]