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August 4, 1961

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Deal Involves 2 Banks; NEW HAVEN GETS LOAN OF 5 MILLION

By Special to The New York Times

ICC guarantees $5 million in new loans for NY,NH&H; loans, obtained on ctfs issued by trustees, will have priority in repayment as adm expense; exec vp Kuhbach testifies on difficulty in obtaining loan, Fed ct; says $5 million will carry line until Oct

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U.S. Bids Airlines Arm Plane Crews; Plans a Piracy Bill; U.S. BIDS AIRLINES ARM PLANE CREWS

By Special to The New York Times

FAA authorizes lines to arm crews; Admr Halaby drafts amendment to Fed Aviation Act extending law of piracy on high seas to aircraft and making offenses punishable by life term; Adm officials and Congressmen offer anti-hijacking measures including bill by Repr Johansen for mandatory death penalty; Kennedy interest in light of 1st repts linking hijacking to Cuba noted; US airports tighten security measures

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DR. ALLEN ORDERS EDUCATION BOARD TO CLEAN HOUSE; State Chief Tells Panel It Should Take Vigorous Action or Step Aside SILVER SEEKS A SURVEY Asks State to Study System -- Theobald Will Bring Charges Against 30 EDUCATION BOARD WARNED BY STATE

By Leonard Buder

Allen orders Educ Bd to correct deficiencies in system or quit, lr to Bd; asks list of criticisms of adm and corrective steps; would discipline those guilty of wrongdoing; urges members end dissension; Bd had asked Educ Dept to evaluate operations, Silver lr to Allen

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Notable Births

Barack Obama

1961Barack Obama, American lawyer and politician, 44th President of the United States, Nobel Prize laureate[†]

Barack Hussein Obama II is an American politician who was the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the first African American president in American history. Obama previously served as a U.S. senator representing Illinois from 2005 to 2008 and as an Illinois state senator from 1997 to 2004.

Notable Deaths

Margarito Bautista

1961Margarito Bautista, Nahua-Mexican evangelizer, theologian, and religious founder (born 1878)[†]

Margarito Bautista was a Mexican evangelist and religious founder who wrote and preached for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. After converting in 1901, Bautista preached for the church through word and writing for three decades and spent time in Mexico and Utah. During this time, Bautista developed a theology that fused Book of Mormon doctrine with Mexican nationalism, and he claimed Mexicans held a birthright to lead the church and someday the world. The church's Anglo-American leaders often considered Bautista's interpretations out of line with official doctrine, but they became very popular with Mexican Latter-day Saints.

Historical Context for August 4, 1961

In 1961, the world population was approximately 3,064,869,675 people[†]