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East Island Development Corp proposes to build $450-million middle-income residential community complete with pub facilities for 70,000 on Welfare Is; would change name to East Is; housing for aged included; sketch; Mayor Wagner, Chmn Felt comment; Chmn Davies named to study details and prepare recommendations; comments
Reactivated by NMU as result of feud with SIU; NMU, Amer Radio Assn and USWA's Gt Lakes shipping local to be affiliated
14-nation conf on crisis in Laos opens
welcomes Pres Kennedy to Canada, s, Upland, Ont; illus
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1961Enya, Irish singer-songwriter and producer[â ]
Eithne PĂĄdraigĂn NĂ BhraonĂĄin known mononymously as Enya, is an Irish singer and composer. With an estimated equivalent of over 80 million albums sold worldwide, Enya is the best-selling Irish solo artist, and the second-best-selling music act from Ireland overall, after only the rock band U2. Her music has been widely recognised for its use of multi-layers of her own vocals and instrumentation, lengthened reverb, and interwoven elements of Celtic music.
1961Jamil Azzaoui, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist[â ]
Jamil Azzaoui, also known mononymously as Jamil is a Canadian humorous artist / comedian, musician (guitarist) and an artist agent of Moroccan origin living in Montreal and well known in France and the francophone countries.
1961Justin King, English businessman[â ]
Justin Matthew King CBE is an English businessman. He was the CEO of J Sainsbury plc, parent company of the supermarket chain Sainsbury's, for ten years before stepping down in July 2014.
In 1961, the world population was approximately 3,064,869,675 people[â ]