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Taylor seen proposing that CIA concentrate on intelligence gathering and analysis and that operations function be shifted to Pentagon; would bolster CIA with intelligence-gathering personnel from other depts
pro-Arab pickets demonstrate, NYC, against Ben Gurion-Kennedy meeting
USSR refuses to agree to reconvoke conf except on own terms; demands delegations consider, as 1st order of business, its proposals for Laotian neutrality instead of protests over continuing cease-fire violations; US delegation repts 8 new violations; MacDonald to urge compromise in new talks with Pushkin
Wagner calls conf on repair program; NYS Investigation Comm subpoenaes Weiss; calls him 'far from cooperative'; Theobald to return
A twenty-six-ton tank being driven to a Memorial Day parade on Staten Island killed one child and injured eight others in a freakish accident yesterday.
1961Ray Cote, Canadian ice hockey player[†]
Ray Cote is a former professional ice hockey forward. He spent his junior career with the Calgary Wranglers of the WHL and signed a free agent contract with the Edmonton Oilers in 1981 after going undrafted. Cote spent the majority of his career in the minor leagues and European leagues but saw three separate stints with the Oilers. His only career NHL points were recorded in the 1982–83 playoffs. In the 1983 playoffs, he and George McPhee of the New York Rangers became the first players to score three goals in a single postseason before playing a regular season NHL game. He also played for the Canadian National Team on four separate occasions.
1961Justin Madden, Australian footballer and politician[†]
Justin Mark Madden is a former Australian rules footballer and state politician. He played for both the Essendon Football Club and the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).
1961Lea Thompson, American actress, director, and producer[†]
Lea Katherine Thompson is an American actress, singer, dancer and director.
1961The South African Constitution of 1961 becomes effective, thus creating the Republic of South Africa, which remains outside the Commonwealth of Nations until 1 June 1994, when South Africa is returned to Commonwealth membership.[†]
The Constitution of 1961 was the fundamental law of South Africa for two decades. Under the terms of the constitution South Africa ceased to be a Commonwealth realm and became a republic, albeit, temporarily, outside the Commonwealth of Nations from 1961 to 1994.
1961In Moscow City Court, the Rokotov–Faibishenko show trial begins, despite the Khrushchev Thaw to reverse Stalinist elements in Soviet society.[†]
The Moscow City Court is the highest judicial body of the city of Moscow on civil, criminal, administrative and other cases.
In 1961, the world population was approximately 3,064,869,675 people[†]