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8 NYC area diaper services doing business put at $12 million a yr charged with conspiring to fix prices and destroy competition; consent to ct judgment permanently barring them from such practices
NYCTA offers plan to issue $200 million in 25-yr bonds to buy 1,800 new cars; operating revenues to be pledged to redeem bonds; Comr O'Grady and Mayor's aide Moscow comment
US Sup Ct affirms decisions holding unconst various of state's efforts to block desegregation
Youth Conservation Corps planned to employ many of 200,000 male youth who have dropped out of school and are unemployed
bill offered, NYS Sen, for Mental Hygiene Dept bur to supervise training camps for rehabilitating users under 25 yrs old
1961Kassie DePaiva, American actress[†]
Katherine Virginia "Kassie" DePaiva is an American actress and singer. She is best known for playing the roles of Chelsea Reardon on the CBS soap opera Guiding Light, Blair Cramer on the ABC soap opera One Life to Live, and Eve Donovan on the NBC soap opera Days of Our Lives. She received one Daytime Emmy Award nomination for her role on One Life to Live and two nominations for her role on Days Of Our Lives. DePaiva also starred as Bobby Joe in the horror film Evil Dead II (1986). As a singer, she has released three albums, Naked (2000), No Regrets (2005), and I Want to Love You (2007).
1961Lothar Matthäus, German footballer and manager[†]
Lothar Herbert Matthäus is a German football pundit and former professional player and manager. He captained West Germany to victory in the 1990 FIFA World Cup and was awarded the Ballon d'Or. In 1991, he was named the first FIFA World Player of the Year, and remains the only German to have received the award. He was also included in the Ballon d'Or Dream Team in 2020.
1961Gary O'Reilly, English footballer[†]
Gary Mills O'Reilly is an English former professional footballer who played in the Football League for Tottenham Hotspur, Brighton & Hove Albion, Crystal Palace and Birmingham City as a central defender.
1961Kim Turner, American hurdler[†]
Kimberly "Kim" Seals is an American former athlete who competed mainly in the 100 meter hurdles. She won the 1984 US Olympic trials and went on to win a bronze medal at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics. She also won the 1988 US national title.
In 1961, the world population was approximately 3,064,869,675 people[†]