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underground reptd reviving as econ deteriorates, pol repression and moves toward communism continue; underground mil needs discussed
Local 584 strikes; other locals negotiate
Amb Plimpton repts US seeks to persuade S Africa to modify apartheid, s, UN com; calls policy 'hateful'; UAR and Mali reprs score apartheid
A storm of indignation, protest and condemnation swept the non-Communist world yesterday over the explosion Monday by the Soviet Union of the largest nuclear bomb ever tested.
UN--Katanga cease-fire ratified by UN hq; ratifiers understood to be 6 high execs who served Hammarskjold as informal advisers; Linner, in NYC, says Congo Govt agrees not to oppose ratification; says cease-fire has no pol aim; UN com, 55-9, approves UN funds for Nov and Dec
1961John Sivebæk, Danish footballer[†]
John Sivebæk is a Danish former professional footballer who played as a right-back. He won the 1984 Danish championship with Vejle Boldklub and played for English club Manchester United. He scored one goal in 87 appearances for the Denmark national team, and represented his country at the 1986 World Cup as well as three European Championships, including the triumphant 1992 European Championship tournament.
1961Chad Smith, American drummer[†]
Chad Smith is an American musician who is the drummer of the rock band the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Smith has played with the Chili Peppers since 1988, appearing on ten of the band's studio albums and becoming the band's longest-serving drummer in its history. The group was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2012. Smith is also the drummer of the hard rock supergroup Chickenfoot, formed in 2008, and of the all-instrumental outfit Chad Smith's Bombastic Meatbats, formed in 2007. He worked with the Chicks on Taking the Long Way, an album that won five Grammy Awards in 2007.
In 1961, the world population was approximately 3,064,869,675 people[†]