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charges Cuban Govt abuses US prisoners, bars Swiss from aiding them with funds allocated for purpose; says Cuban Red Cross has not been able to make contact
Assembly debate; Hammarskjold indicates UN prepares major show of force in Katanga; scores Tshombe for whipping up anti-UN sentiment; scores Belgian advisers in Katanga; notes Africans were led by Belgian officer in Elisabethville attack
L X Cusack, counsel for NY Archdiocese, suggests ways by which aid might include benefits for non-pub school pupils without violating Const; files statement with HR com on behalf of Spellman; approaches include distinguishing between aid to child and school, providing benefits to parents of all children and long-term, low-interest loans for ch-related schools; Amer Cath Philosophical Assn adopts resolution of principles on aid
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Natl Better Business Bur warns members on use of Kennedy likeness for ad
1961Rory Bremner, Scottish impressionist and comedian[†]
Roderick Keith Ogilvy "Rory" Bremner, is a Scottish impressionist and comedian, noted for his work in political satire and impressions of British public figures. He is best known for co-starring with John Bird and John Fortune in the comedy sketch shows Rory Bremner...Who Else? and Bremner, Bird and Fortune, as well as being a team captain on the first two series of comedy panel show Mock the Week.
1961Peter Jackson, English footballer and manager[†]
Peter Allan Jackson is a football manager and former player. He has previously had two spells as Huddersfield Town manager, whom he helped win the Division Three play-off in 2004, and he has also managed Lincoln City, before taking charge at his former playing club Bradford City in 2011.
1961Jules Bordet, Belgian microbiologist and immunologist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1870)[†]
Jules Jean Baptiste Vincent Bordet was a Belgian immunologist and microbiologist. The bacterial genus Bordetella is named after him. The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded to him in 1919 for his discoveries relating to immunity.
In 1961, the world population was approximately 3,064,869,675 people[†]