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Comr Kross urges bldg bridge from Astoria to Rikers Is which would then become site for all city insts, Planning Comm; map; asks $1,320,000 toward 2 new insts
Johnson returns to US; repts to Kennedy; Rusk, Bohlen, Clay attend; illus; Kennedy sees difficult time ahead but pledges W Berlin freedom will be maintained; speculation on Western moves, preparations for talks
Levitt and Lefkowitz repeat Wagner is responsible for crisis; Levitt approves reorgn of Bd but opposes nominating panel; repeats he favors salaried Bd; Lefkowitz backs legis
Brit send 125 soldiers and 4 tanks to border point to offset Communist troops apparently stationed there to protect youths working on barricades; US sends supply convoy from W Ger without incident; 5 Berliners sentenced, E Berlin, for demonstrating against border closing; some E Gers still flee to W Berlin despite barricades
US delays signing air pact with USSR because of internatl tension
1961AndrĂ©s Calamaro, Argentine singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer[â ]
AndrĂ©s Calamaro is an Argentine musician, composer and Latin Grammy winner. He is considered one of the greatest and most influential rock artists in Spanish. He is also one of the most complete artists for his wide range of musical styles, including funk, reggae, ballads, boleros, tangos and jazz. His former band Los RodrĂguez was a major success in Spain and throughout Latin America mainly during the 1990s. He is multi-instrumentalist and became one of the main icons of Argentine rock, selling over 1.3 million records to date.
1961Roland Orzabal, English singer and musician[â ]
Roland Jaime OrzĂĄbal De La Quintana is an English musician, singer, songwriter, record producer, and author. He is the guitarist, co-lead vocalist, main songwriter, co-founder, and only constant member of Tears for Fears. He is also a producer of artists such as Oleta Adams. In 2014, Orzabal published his first novel, a romantic comedy.
1961Debbi Peterson, American singer-songwriter and drummer[â ]
Deborah Mary Peterson is an American musician and the drummer of the band The Bangles. She sang lead vocals on two of the band's released singles, "Going Down to Liverpool" (1984) and "Be with You" (1989). She is the younger sister of fellow Bangles member Vicki Peterson.
In 1961, the world population was approximately 3,064,869,675 people[â ]