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April 10, 1961

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Headlines from April 10, 1961

CASTRO FOES MAP MULTIPLE FORAYS WITH GUERRILLAS; Rebels Said to Put Stress on Small-Scale Raids Instead of a Major Invasion INTERNAL RISING IS KEY Revolutionary Group Steps Up Landings of Infiltrators -- Units Leaving Here CASTRO FOES MAP MULTIPLE FORAYS

By Tad Szulc Special To the New York Times

Revolutionary Council reptd to have decided on multiple guerrilla landings coordinated with underground activities as preferable to massive invasion; underground reptd stepping up sabotage; beachheads expected to grow into pockets of rebellion

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Restaurant Rebuffs African Diplomat; RESTAURANT BARS AFRICA DIPLOMAT

By David Halberstam Special To the New York Times

Dr Fitzjohn, Charge d'Affaires of Sierra Leone, denied service at Howard Johnson restaurant in Hagerstown, Md; State Dept apologizes after Fitzjohn hosts Mr and Mrs C M Kline protest; to ask co to explain policy on serving Negroes and to probe incident; Fitzjohn chose restaurant because H H Johnson had stated co policy was to serve all after similar incident in '57; Hagerstown restaurant mgr comments

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Notable Births

Nicky Campbell

1961Nicky Campbell, Scottish broadcaster and journalist[†]

Nicholas Andrew Argyll Campbell OBE is a Scottish broadcaster and journalist. He has worked in television and radio since 1981 and as a network presenter with BBC Radio since 1987.

Carole Goble

1961Carole Goble, English computer scientist and academic[†]

Carole Anne Goble, is a British academic who is Professor of Computer Science at the University of Manchester. She is principal investigator (PI) of the myGrid, BioCatalogue and myExperiment projects and co-leads the Information Management Group (IMG) with Norman Paton.

1961Mark Jones, American basketball player[†]

Mark Anthony Jones is a retired American professional basketball player. He played point guard. Jones played college basketball for the St. Bonaventure Bonnies before being selected by the New York Knicks in the fourth round of the 1983 NBA draft with the 82nd overall pick. He never played for the Knicks and instead played six games in the NBA for the New Jersey Nets during the 1983–84 season.

Historical Context for April 10, 1961

In 1961, the world population was approximately 3,064,869,675 people[†]