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GB and USSR reach 'gen accord'; appeal for cease-fire and reactivation of Control Comm set; Brit optimistic after Roberts repts on talks
Pres Kennedy says US Peace Corps 1st volunteers will be sent to Tanganyika to help plan and build rds, news conf; details; map
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diplomatic source, Havana, repts Guevara was seriously wounded during fighting
ct hears further excerpts from Eichmann interrogation; he insisted he was merely obeying orders, said he would have killed own father if ordered, ascribed disregard of human life to brutality of 'total war'; notes written by Eichmann in books found in his Buenos Aires home cited; throw light on his attitude on Nazi regime and ideology
1961Jeff Hostetler, American football player[†]
William Jeffrey Hostetler is an American former professional football player who was a quarterback in the National Football League (NFL) for the New York Giants, Los Angeles/Oakland Raiders, and Washington Redskins. He won Super Bowl XXV with the Giants after taking over midseason for an injured Phil Simms. His nickname is "Hoss."
1961Alo Mattiisen, Estonian composer (died 1996)[†]
Alo Mattiisen was an Estonian musician and composer.
In 1961, the world population was approximately 3,064,869,675 people[†]