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State Dept concerned over Solovyev rejection of Watson protest on identity papers; stresses E Ger violation of long-standing Allied rights
details of bribery attempt revealed as Fed Judge Rayfiel jails S J Moore, S Schwach and A Kerner for $100,000 theft from their bankrupt Gibraltor Amusements Ltd; they pleaded guilty Mar 9 in expectation of suspended sentences; other details
126.8, Sept; graph; table
confs with Pres Kennedy; illus; both silent on aid prospect
Kennedy approves Protect Gnome, Dec, 1st test in series to develop peaceful uses of explosions; primary aim of 5-kiloton blast is to determine feasibility of storing heat to be tapped for elec; observers from interested UN members invited
1961Uhuru Kenyatta, Kenyan politician, 4th President of Kenya[†]
Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta is a Kenyan politician who served as the fourth president of Kenya from 2013 to 2022. The son of Jomo Kenyatta, Kenya's first president, he previously served as Deputy Prime Minister from 2008 to 2013.
1961Gerald Malloy, American lawyer and politician[†]
Gerald Malloy is a former member of the South Carolina Senate, who represented the 29th District from 2002 to 2024. Malloy is a Democrat.
1961Dylan McDermott, American actor[†]
Mark Anthony "Dylan" McDermott is an American actor. He is known for his role as lawyer and law firm head Bobby Donnell on the legal drama series The Practice, which earned him a Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Drama and a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series.
1961Joey Salceda, Filipino politician[†]
Jose Ma. Clemente "Joey" Sarte Salceda is a Filipino statesman and the current Representative of Albay's 2nd District in the Philippine House of Representatives. He previously served as governor of Albay province in the Philippines for three terms. Prior to that, he was a three-year term representative of the Third District of Albay and was appointed as Presidential Chief of Staff on February 10, 2007, after the resignation of Michael Defensor, before he himself resigned on March 29, 2007, to pursue his gubernatorial bid in his province. Salceda has also been chairman of the powerful House Committee on Ways and Means since 2019. Salceda is the principal author of the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion Law, the Corporate Recovery and Tax Incentives for Enterprises (CREATE) Law, which reduced corporate income taxes in the Philippines to 20%, and the Free College Tuition Law.
1961Sadae Inoue, Japanese general (born 1886)[†]
Sadae Inoue was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army in World War II. He commanded the Japanese forces at the Battle of Peleliu and the Battle of Angaur.
In 1961, the world population was approximately 3,064,869,675 people[†]