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Opposes separate legis for loans for private schools, statement on Kennedy Adm educ aid bill, Sen subcom
Pres Kennedy asks US Cong to appropriate $100 million already pledged for rehabilitation, special message
$7.1 million more recommended in Diefendorf com interim rept
WASHINGTON, March 14 -- Ceremonies commemorating the 100th anniversary of the start of the Civil War are embroiled in a racial controversy.
US, as result of Khrushchev reptd rejection of Kennedy proposal that gen disarmament talks resume Sept 11, seeks to complete new US proposals by early Auc; McCloy, seeking tech sound plan, originated proposal; he and Dean testify to Sen com on test ban talks
1961Terry Cummings, American basketball player[†]
Robert Terrell “Terry” Cummings is an American former professional basketball player who played 18 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Cummings was voted Rookie of the Year and was a two-time All-Star, a two-time All-NBA selection and was a lead player on several postseason teams while in Milwaukee and San Antonio.
1961At the 1961 Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference, South Africa announces that it will withdraw from the Commonwealth when the South African Constitution of 1961 comes into effect.[†]
The 1961 Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference was the 11th Meeting of the Heads of Government of the Commonwealth of Nations. It was held in the United Kingdom in March 1961, and was hosted by that country's Prime Minister, Harold Macmillan.
In 1961, the world population was approximately 3,064,869,675 people[†]