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IUE postpones GN strike in view of progress made in UAW talks
AEC repts 4th blast east of Stalingrad; fall-out from earlier tests detected in Alaska; US AEC ex-Chmn McCone sees danger from tests of superbombs; USSR seen announcing new moratorium after series ends; McCone agrees tests were timed to avoid flouting expected Belgrade conf anti-testing resolution and to have shock absorbed before UN Assembly session; research group at Niigata U repts radioactivity up in northern Japan
Dallas pss integrated without incident after 5 yrs of litigation; White comments; Atty Gen Kennedy hails move; integration starts, Galveston and Houston
Screvane final telecast with ticket
Di Fede charges Beame favors city income tax, TV int
1961LeRoi Moore, American saxophonist and songwriter (died 2008)[†]
LeRoi Holloway Moore was an American saxophonist. He was a founding member of the Dave Matthews Band. Moore often arranged music for songs written by Dave Matthews. Moore also co-wrote many of the band's songs, notably "Too Much" and "Stay ".
1961Jean-Yves Thibaudet, French pianist[†]
Jean-Yves Thibaudet is a French pianist.
1961Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy, Dutch lawyer, jurist, and politician, 34th Prime Minister of the Netherlands (born 1885)[†]
Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy was a Dutch politician and jurist who served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 3 September 1940 until 25 June 1945. He oversaw the government-in-exile based in London under Queen Wilhelmina during the German occupation of the Netherlands. He was a member of the Anti-Revolutionary Party (ARP).
In 1961, the world population was approximately 3,064,869,675 people[†]