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Castro proclamation of Socialist Govt alarms Brazilian press; demands grow for Hemisphere action; Quadros reply to Dorticos plea for support stresses backing self-determination principle
HR com hearings; Dillon outlines Kennedy program; offers 81-page study of expense acct abuses; urges immediate taxation of US subsidiaries foreign earnings; scores tax havens; pushes business incentive plan
Albatross (brigantine): school ship sinks in storm, Gulf of Mex; 6 lost; survivors and missing listed; map; illus
234 comdrs shifted, boro and div staffs reinforced as part of Murphy gambling law enforcement drive; 3 new deputy chief inspectors assigned to div duty to free regular div comdrs for enforcement
Mrs I Zuckermann describes Warsaw Ghetto establishment in '40, start of its 'liquidation' by Nazis in July '42 and Jews' uprising in Apr '43; testimony broadcast to counteract impression of Jews' unresisting submission; Hausner offers documents purportedly showing Eichmann role in planning ghetto liquidation; ct to ask Ger ct to examine 4 ex-Nazis; outlines procedure; trial disrupted by power failure; other details
1961Jay Aston, English singer-songwriter and dancer[†]
Jay Hilda Aston is a British singer and occasional songwriter. She was a member of the British pop group Bucks Fizz from 1981 to 1985. She was the youngest member of the group's original line-up, aged 19 when they won the 1981 Eurovision Song Contest. During Aston's membership, the group had 12 of their 13 UK top 40 hit singles, including three number one hits. Since 2009, she has performed alongside fellow original Bucks Fizz members Cheryl Baker and Mike Nolan. The group used to perform under the name the Original Bucks Fizz but are now known as the Fizz.
1961American civil rights movement: The "Freedom Riders" begin a bus trip through the South.[†]
The civil rights movement was a social movement in the United States from 1954 to 1968 which aimed to abolish legalized racial segregation, discrimination, and disenfranchisement in the country, which most commonly affected African Americans. The movement had origins in the Reconstruction era in the late 19th century, and modern roots in the 1940s. After years of nonviolent protests and civil disobedience campaigns, the civil rights movement achieved many of its legislative goals in the 1960s, during which it secured new protections in federal law for the civil rights of all Americans.
1961Malcolm Ross and Victor Prather attain a new altitude record for manned balloon flight ascending in the Strato-Lab V open gondola to 113,740 feet (34.67 km).[†]
Malcolm David Ross was a captain in the United States Naval Reserve (USNR), an atmospheric scientist, and a balloonist who set several records for altitude and scientific inquiry, with more than 100 hours flight time in gas balloons by 1961. Along with Lieutenant Commander Victor A. Prather (USN), he set the altitude record for a manned balloon flight.
In 1961, the world population was approximately 3,064,869,675 people[†]