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Marshall slated for apptmt to US Appeals Ct, 2d Circuit; por
McIntosh to retire in '62
Wagner names attys com headed by W C Chanler to suggest candidates; Egan comments
US says USSR held extensive and secret testing preparations through most of Geneva talks this yr, reply to Japanese protest on US tests
1961Freeman Mbowe, Tanzanian politician[†]
Freeman Aikaeli Mbowe is a Tanzanian politician and former chairman of Chama cha Demokrasia na Maendeleo.
1961Wendy Thomas, American businesswoman[†]
Melinda Lou "Wendy" Thomas-Morse is the daughter of American businessman Dave Thomas, the founder of the fast food brand Wendy's. She is the namesake and mascot of the brand. She uses the name Wendy Thomas in her role as a spokesperson for Wendy's.
1961Ernst Gustav Kühnert, Estonian-German architect and historian (born 1885)[†]
Ernst Gustav Kühnert was a Baltic German architect and art historian in Estonia.
In 1961, the world population was approximately 3,064,869,675 people[†]