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Natl Science Foundation budget increases asked by Kennedy Adm are $65 million over Eisenhower budget for total of $275 million; proposed disposition of funds discussed
another 1,500-man battle group to go to Far East to fill out stand-by manpower requirements; may be assigned to 25th Inf Div at Hawaii
UNITED NATIONS, N.Y., April 2 -- An Indian stop - gap resolution to ameliorate the United Nations' financial crisis is expected to be adopted tomorrow by the General Assembly.
Natl Bur of Econ Research suggests recession may have reached bottom; indicators discussed; charts
Dem orgn in Rockland, Prendergast home county, sends patronage recommendations to Bailey; names sent by Prendergast to Washington ignored; county chmn Zeck conf with Bailey noted
1961Tim Crews, American baseball player (died 1993)[†]
Stanley Timothy Crews was an American Major League Baseball pitcher who played six seasons with the Los Angeles Dodgers from 1987 to 1992. Crews was part of the Dodgers team that won the 1988 World Series. At the end of the 1992 season, he became a free agent and signed with the Cleveland Indians on January 22, 1993.
1961Eddie Murphy, American actor and comedian[†]
Edward Regan Murphy is an American actor, comedian, and singer. He had his breakthrough as a standup comic before gaining stardom for his film roles; he is widely recognized as one of the greatest comedians of all time. He has received several accolades including a Golden Globe Award, a Grammy Award, and an Emmy Award as well as nominations for an Academy Award and a BAFTA Award. He was honored with the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor in 2015 and the Cecil B. DeMille Award in 2023.
1961LAN-Chile Flight 621 crashes in the Andes mountains, killing 21 people, including Argentinian football player Eliseo Mouriño.[†]
LAN-Chile Flight 621 crashed in the Andes on 3 April 1961. All twenty-four people on board were killed, including eight professional footballers and two members of the coaching staff from CD Green Cross. It was Chile's worst ever aviation disaster at the time.
In 1961, the world population was approximately 3,064,869,675 people[†]