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October 15, 1961

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Headlines from October 15, 1961

SOVIET AIM SEEN TO HUMILIATE U.S. ON BERLIN ISSUES; Capital Believes Khrushchev Does Not Want to Find Reasonable Accord SUSPICIONS HEIGHTENED President Asks Thompson to Stay as Moscow Envoy to Assess Kremlin View West Believes Khrushchev Seeks To Humiliate U.S. Over Berlin

By Wallace Carroll Special To the New York Times

conviction reptd strengthened in Washington that Khrushchev seeks to humiliate West, especially US, rather than solve differences; he is seen trying to break W Berlin-W Ger econ and pol ties and split W Ger from Western Allies; Kennedy request that Thompson continue diplomatic probing in Moscow linked

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Notable Births

Vyacheslav Butusov

1961Vyacheslav Butusov, Russian singer-songwriter and guitarist[†]

Vyacheslav Gennadievich Butusov is a Russian singer-songwriter and composer. He was the lead singer of Nautilus Pompilius and U-Piter. Since 2019, he has been playing in his group "Orden Slavy". He also has a solo career as a singer-songwriter.

Notable Deaths

Suryakant Tripathi

1961Suryakant Tripathi 'Nirala', Indian poet and author (born 1896)[†]

Suryakant Tripathi was an Indian poet, writer, composer, and sketch artist who wrote in Hindi. He is considered one of the four major pillars of the Chhayavad period in Hindi literature. He is renowned with the epithet Mahāprāṇ and his pen name Nirālā.

Historical Context for October 15, 1961

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