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Kennedy cuts short Glen Ora wk-end for confs on foreign crises; illus at White House, helicopter on lawn
DeSapio, Buckley and possibly Sharkey reptdly press Wagner to say he will refuse Liberals endorsement unless they back his city-wide slate; comment
Planning Comm Chmn Felt asks '61-62 study of 18 areas for housing and indus renewal sites; list; map; plan requires $50-million Fed aid; Felt sets safeguards for area residents
Levitt holds cost of making NYS law conform to Fed will exceed $40 million, 4 times Rockefeller estimate; seen planning to make taxes major Gov campaign issue; holds business and high-income taxpayers chief beneficiaries of changes; examples
Army Engineers to recommend as part of development program creation of vast network of recreation sites; details; map
1961Clint Malarchuk, Canadian ice hockey player and coach[†]
Clint Malarchuk is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) between 1981 and 1992. He has been a coach for four NHL teams and two minor league teams, most recently the Calgary Flames. He was born in Grande Prairie, Alberta, raised in Edmonton, Alberta, and lives in Alberta and Nevada.
1961Marilyn Milian, American judge[†]
Marilyn Milian, known professionally as Judge Milian, is an American television personality, lecturer, retired Florida Circuit Court judge and court-show arbitrator. For 22 seasons from March 12, 2001 to July 21, 2023, Milian starred in the American courtroom television series The People's Court, replacing Jerry Sheindlin. Justice for the People with Judge Milian, where Milian hears cases presented by actors improvising as litigants, premiered in the fall of 2023.
1961The Prime Minister of Cuba, Fidel Castro, proclaims Cuba a socialist nation and abolishes elections.[†]
The prime minister of Cuba, officially known as the president of the Council of Ministers between 1976 and 2019, is the head of government of Cuba and the chairman of the Council of Ministers (cabinet). The prime minister is the third-highest office in Cuba, after the first secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba and the president of Cuba, and the second-highest state office.
In 1961, the world population was approximately 3,064,869,675 people[†]