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Castro holds rebels underestimated Govt strength in landing, critique of battle for foreign newsmen at beachhead site; details rebel errors; illus; maps
strike spreads; dockers hon picket lines; 3 hurt, 4 held in attempt to cross lines near Camden, NJ; illus; Goldberg asks both sides to resume talks; FMCS sets talks between NMU and AMMI; SIU and MEBA rept accord with 63 cos allowing them to organize foreign-flag ships; Texas virtually unaffected by strike
Trial ordered in Mr and Mrs E Wallman suit against Mr and Mrs L Onish, Rockville Centre, NY, for injuries recd by Mrs Wallman in Onish home when knife with which Mrs Onish was carving turkey slipped from her hand and fell on Mrs Wallman's foot; Onish claims protection under comprehensive ins policy
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Repr H W Smith holds Adm seeks to use Fed aid to force desegregation, lr to over 100 Southern newspapers
1961Kōichi Yamadera, Japanese actor and singer[†]
Koichi Yamadera is a Japanese actor, narrator and singer from Shiogama, Miyagi Prefecture. He graduated from Tohoku Gakuin University's economics school and is currently affiliated with Across Entertainment. Before that, he was affiliated with the Tokyo Actor's Consumer's Cooperative Society.
1961Jeff Chandler, American actor (born 1918)[†]
Jeff Chandler was an American actor. He was best known for his portrayal of Cochise in Broken Arrow (1950), for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. He was one of Universal Pictures' more popular male stars of the 1950s. His other credits include Sword in the Desert (1948), Deported (1950), Female on the Beach (1955), and Away All Boats (1956). He also performed as a radio actor and as a singer.
In 1961, the world population was approximately 3,064,869,675 people[†]