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election; Macapagal leads; illus; running mate ex-Sen Pelaez leads for Vice Pres; Garcia forces refuse to concede
7 narcotics defendants discharged in own recognizance, NYC, following Dist Atty Hogan decision to bar introducing wiretap evidence in any ct until authorized by Cong; Asst Dist Atty Lang holds defendants' guilt could be proved beyond all doubt; scores lack of realistic wiretap legis
Moroccan Mins Khatib, Guedira and el Fassi give Hassan message to de Gaulle asking him to free Ben Bella, Ait-Ahmed and Khider; de Gaulle seen firm; prisoners continue hunger strike
com approves resolution; US, GB, France abstain; defeat for Western powers seen; reactions of US, GB and USSR reprs to vote illus
Mrs Kennedy and Mme Khrushchev reply to Mrs Wilson lr on 'peace race,'
1961Hugh McGahan, New Zealand rugby league player[†]
Hugh Joseph McGahan is a New Zealand former professional rugby league footballer, and coach who represented New Zealand. He retired as the New Zealand national team's all-time top try scorer, with 16. Since retirement McGahan has worked as a rugby league newspaper columnist and a football manager.
1961Elsie Ferguson, American actress (born 1883)[†]
Elsie Louise Ferguson was an American stage and film actress. Seen by some as an early feminist, she promoted suffrage, which she discussed in interviews, and supported animal rights.
1961Johanna Westerdijk, Dutch pathologist and academic (born 1883)[†]
Johanna Westerdijk was a Dutch plant pathologist and the first female professor in the Netherlands.
In 1961, the world population was approximately 3,064,869,675 people[†]