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August 19, 1961

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Headlines from August 19, 1961

MAYOR AND SILVER APPEALTO ALBANY; Head of School Board Asks Legislature to Hear Him -- Wagner Seeks Restraint MAYOR AND SILVER APPEAL TO ALBANY

By Leonard Buder

Silver appeals to Gov and Legis leaders to be heard at session; Wagner advises against imposing control on system; moves to name new Bd and remove Rank, Lanza and Walsh; Lanza acts to bar dismissals without formal charges; Wagner invites eminent citizens to screen nominations for Bd; asks educators, others to make recommendations; says Mrs Sands agrees to resign; confs with Assemblymen Kassal and Lane on Legis session

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CONGRESS VOTES CONFLICTING BILLS ON LONG-TERM AID; Senate Approves Borrowing From Treasury but House Rejects Key Provision CONGRESS SPLITS IN AID-BILL VOTES

By E.w. Kenworthy Special To the New York Times

Sen, 66-24, approves Pres authority to borrow $8 billion from Treas over 5 yrs for long-range development loans; approves over $4 billion for mil and econ aid, fiscal '62; HR, 287-140, rejects borrowing authority, approves Saund amendment authorizing $1.2 billion for loans; reacts unfavorably to Rockefeller wires; approves over $4 billion for regular aid

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French Turn Hoses On Mob in Bizerte; TUNISIANS ATTACK BIZERTE BARRIERS

By Thomas F. Brady Special To the New York Times

Bourguiba s opens 3 days of demonstrations organized by Neo-Destour party; urges peaceful demonstrations, warns against harming foreign embassies; hopes for US support in Assembly debate; Tunis radio repts 3,000 demonstrate, Bizerte; says French troops turn fire hoses on them; later repts see about 200 demonstrators

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Notable Births

Jonathan Coe

1961Jonathan Coe, English author and academic[โ€ ]

Jonathan Coe is an English novelist and writer. His work has an underlying preoccupation with political issues, although this serious engagement is often expressed comically in the form of satire. For example, What a Carve Up! (1994) reworks the plot of an old 1960s spoof horror film of the same name. It is set within the "carve up" of the UK's resources that was carried out by Margaret Thatcher's Conservative governments of the 1980s.

Historical Context for August 19, 1961

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