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August 11, 1961

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PRESIDENT PLANS A DECISION SOON ON ATOM TESTING; Dean to Return to Geneva to Study Soviet Position on Control Issue VETO DEMAND IS KEY Negotiator to Be Recalled if Russians Stand Firm on 'Troika' Inspection Kennedy Plans a Decision Soon On Problem of Nuclear Testing

By Max Frankel Special To the New York Times

WASHINGTON, Aug. 10 -- President Kennedy said today that he would make a "most critical" and probably "decisive" judgment this month of the Soviet Union's willingness to arrange a well-policed ban on nuclear testing.

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MAYOR PROPOSES CITY-STATE PANEL TO ACT ON SCHOOLS; Seeks Joint Group to Issue Improvement Orders and Have Them Carried Out STUDY OF BOARD URGED Wagner Lists 3 He Wants on Unit -- Asks Governor to Appoint 3 Others Picked by Mayor to Study Schools MAYOR GIVES PLAN FOR SCHOOL STUDY

By Leonard Buder

Wagner proposes city-state inquiry bd to issue directives on improvement; chooses C F Preusse, Dr Heald and M J Rubin; urges Gov Rockefeller name 3 others; criticizes 'top-heavy bureaucracy'; blames it, red tape and excessive paper work for many adm problems; Fino urges Bd resign; criticizes Silver defense of Bd

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Notable Births

David Brooks (commentator)

1961David Brooks, American journalist and author[†]

David Brooks is a Canadian-born American book author and political and cultural commentator. Though he describes himself as an ideological moderate, others have characterised him as centrist, moderate conservative, or conservative, based on his record as contributor to the PBS NewsHour, and as opinion columnist for The New York Times. In addition to his shorter form writing, Brooks has authored six non-fiction books since 2000, two appearing from Simon and Schuster, and four from Random House, the latter including The Social Animal: The Hidden Sources of Love, Character, and Achievement (2011), and The Road to Character (2015).

Craig Ehlo

1961Craig Ehlo, American basketball player and coach[†]

Joel Craig Ehlo is an American former basketball player. He played fifteen seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) with four teams, amassing career totals of 7,492 points, 2,456 assists and 3,139 rebounds.

Suniel Shetty

1961Suniel Shetty, Indian actor and film producer[†]

Suniel Shetty is an Indian actor, film producer, television host, and entrepreneur, primarily known for his work in Hindi cinema, with appearances in Tamil films. Nicknamed as Anna, Shetty has appeared in over 100 films, in a career spanning over three decades. Rising to prominence in the 1990s as a leading action hero with films like Balwaan (1992), Mohra (1994), Dilwale (1994), and Border (1997), Shetty later showcased his versatility in comedies such as Hera Pheri (2000), Phir Hera Pheri (2006) and antagonistic roles, notably winning a Filmfare Award for Best Villain for Dhadkan (2000). Beyond acting, he has produced films under Popcorn Motion Pictures, co-founded the online casting platform F...the Couch (FTC), and hosted reality shows.

Notable Deaths

Antanas Škėma

1961Antanas Škėma, Lithuanian-American author, playwright, actor, and director (born 1910)[†]

Antanas Škėma was a Lithuanian writer, playwright, stage actor and director. His best known work is the novel Balta drobulė.

Historical Events

India

1961The former Portuguese territories in India of Dadra and Nagar Haveli are merged to create the Union Territory Dadra and Nagar Haveli.[†]

India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area; the most populous country since 2023; and, since its independence in 1947, the world's most populous democracy. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the southwest, and the Bay of Bengal on the southeast, it shares land borders with Pakistan to the west; China, Nepal, and Bhutan to the north; and Bangladesh and Myanmar to the east. In the Indian Ocean, India is near Sri Lanka and the Maldives; its Andaman and Nicobar Islands share a maritime border with Thailand, Myanmar, and Indonesia.

Historical Context for August 11, 1961

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