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PALM BEACH, Fla., April 3 -- President Kennedy announced today that he planned to fly to Paris May 31 for three days of conferences with President de Gaulle.
State Dept pamphlet calling for Castro regime to cut links with communism calls his dictatorship a danger to Hemisphere; linked with Kennedy concern over gaps in Latin Amer understanding of US position as reptd by Berle and Schlesinger; translations set for wide distribution
ICC interim rept opposes bankruptcy and subsequent reorgn of NY,NH&H RR to solve financial plight; warns bankruptcy might defeat state and local aid plans; holds basic problem is large passenger deficit; Alpert lauds rept; New Eng Council reiterates bankruptcy plan
WASHINGTON, April 3 -The next steps to bring about a political settlement of the conflict in Laos will top the list of problems to come under review in five days of meetings between United States and British leaders opening here tomorrow.
Communist China releases him after Mrs McCann asks to take him back to US; his arrest in '51 revd
1961Hildi Santo-Tomas, American interior decorator[†]
Hildi Santo-Tomas is an American interior designer and television personality. She is best known for being a designer on the TLC reality program Trading Spaces from 2000 to 2008, where she became known for her outlandish designs.
1961Harald Riipalu, Estonian military commander (born 1912)[†]
Harald Riipalu was an Estonian commander in the German Wehrmacht and the Waffen-SS during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany.
1961Simion Stoilow, Romanian mathematician and academic (born 1873)[†]
Simion Stoilow or Stoilov was a Romanian mathematician, creator of the Romanian school of complex analysis, and author of over 100 publications.
In 1961, the world population was approximately 3,064,869,675 people[†]