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Balaguer repts H B and J A Trujillo are among Trujillos about to depart; pledges free elections and continued decocratization; says police are being reorganized to enable them to maintain order without violating civil rights; denounces terrorist gangs
8 nations withdraw proposal for urgent Assembly com debate on appeal against test because of lack of support from Asian-African bloc; accept Indian amendment weakening force of resolution; Dean scores USSR hypocrisy in preparing tests while negotiating for ban
J S Cram, millionaire great-great-grandson of P Cooper, held, NYC, for sheltering addicts in Harlem loft bldg
Chou leaves Moscow after apparent worsening of dispute; USSR leaders continue attack on Hoxha and regime, cong; Japanese repr declines to join condemnation; US, 5 other foreign delegations back USSR
1961Mary Bono, American gymnast and politician[†]
Mary Bono Oswald is an American politician, businesswoman, and lobbyist who served Palm Springs and most of central and eastern Riverside County, California, in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1998 to 2013.
1961Bruce Castor, American lawyer and politician[†]
Bruce Lee Castor Jr. is an American lawyer and retired Republican politician from Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. He was appointed as the first Solicitor General of Pennsylvania in March 2016, and also first deputy attorney general the following July. Castor became acting attorney general less than a month later. He investigated the Penn State fraternity hazing scandal and led for the defense of the second impeachment trial of Donald Trump along with American lawyer David Schoen.
In 1961, the world population was approximately 3,064,869,675 people[†]