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press conf, NYC, on return from Netherlands New Guinea after fruitless search for son
internatl trade conf, Washington
Kennedy defends call-up as war preventive, hopes reservists may be released in less than yr, news conf
new confs fail; Wagner sets emergency plans; 3,500 TWU members unanimously approve strike; NYCTA offers econ proposals
5 Negro Freedom Riders testing compliance with Fed ct desegregation order beaten and driven from Greyhound station, McComb; Atty Gen Kennedy pledges FBI probe; CORE plans further tests; TV cameraman J Rush attacked while filming station
1961Innocent Egbunike, Nigerian sprinter and coach[†]
Innocent Ejima Egbunike is a former sprinter from Nigeria.
1961Ian Morris, Trinidadian footballer and sprinter[†]
Ian ("Frinty") Morris is a retired male track and field athlete from Trinidad and Tobago who specialized in the 400 metres. A former soccer player for the Siparia Angels in South Trinidad, he did not take up athletics until the age of 23. He occasionally ran the 200 metres, and even competed in the 800 metres at the 1987 World Indoor Championships. He is now a member of the Siparia Rhythm Section.He is also the Coach of the Siparia Athletics Club.
In 1961, the world population was approximately 3,064,869,675 people[†]