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UN Assembly com approves debate of Asian-African petition
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400 Portuguese stage anti-Amer demonstration in front of US Consulate, Luanda; Consul Gibson's car pushed into harbor; Congolese troops from Matadi ordered to patrol Congo side of frontier; Portuguese say they did not request move but see Congolese Govt wanting to prevent agitators and arms from crossing border
Sen Holland repts USIA Dir Murrow tried and failed to persuade Brit officials not to show controversial TV documentary on migrants' exploitation, which he narrated for CBS in Nov '60; says Murrow phoned BBC dir gen Greene to ask film be withheld; Murrow holds film was produced solely for domestic presentation, that its sale was 'entirely' a CBS decision; says Holland's rept of situation is 'roughly right'; CBS defends sale; Holland renews attack on film as 'malicious distortion,' s, Sen
On foreign aid
1961Roger Crisp, English philosopher and academic[†]
Roger Stephen Crisp is fellow and tutor in philosophy at St. Anne's College, Oxford. He holds the university posts of Professor of Moral Philosophy and Uehiro Fellow and Tutor in Philosophy. His work falls principally within the field of ethics, in particular metaethics, normative ethics, and applied ethics. In addition, he is chairman of the Management Committee of the Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics.
1961Craig Green, New Zealand rugby player[†]
Craig Ivan Green is a New Zealand born former rugby union footballer and coach. He was part of the 1987 Rugby World Cup winning All Blacks team.
1961Helmi Johannes, Indonesian journalist and producer[†]
Helmi Johannes is an Indonesian television newscaster and executive producer. Helmi Johannes now works for the Indonesian service of the Voice of America (VOA), based in Washington, DC. Helmi is responsible for the overall production, program development, talent and day-to-day operations of VOA Indonesian television programming.
1961Albert Bloch, American painter and educator (born 1882)[†]
Albert Bloch was an American Modernist artist and the only American artist associated with Der Blaue Reiter, a group of early 20th-century European modernists.
1961Jack Russell, English cricketer (born 1887)[†]
Charles Albert George "Jack" Russell was one of the leading batsmen in county cricket during the period after World War I. Right-handed with both bat and with ball as a medium-slow bowler, Russell's main strength was his leg-side play with the bat. He was a sound batsmen whose watchfulness made him effective on very difficult pitches.
In 1961, the world population was approximately 3,064,869,675 people[†]