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unofficial returns show loss by 38,193 votes; Mitchell concedes defeat, statement to press; vacation plans
Luluabourg scene detailed; whites, barred from leaving, strike in protest; assaults and rapes discussed; Adoula, Mobutu, Khiari and McKeown arrive; map
Air Force jet planes attack Quito and force Army to accept Arosemena as Pres; Gallegos gives up after Army, which ousted Velasco in his favor, fails to keep order; Arosemena Cabinet listed; st fighting illus; map
74 Army recruits and 3 of 5 crewmen killed as chartered Constellation crashes near Richmond on Nework-Ft Jackson, SC, flight; illus; map
Bailey, other natl leaders call Wagner 'undisputed' NYS leader
1961Jill Dando, English journalist (died 1999)[†]
Jill Wendy Dando was an English journalist, television presenter and newsreader. She spent most of her career at the BBC and was the corporation's Personality of the Year in 1997. At the time of her death, her television work included co-presenting the BBC One programme Crimewatch with Nick Ross.
In 1961, the world population was approximately 3,064,869,675 people[†]