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Nehru repts Communist China proposes talks on new treaty on Tibet, s, Parliament; '54 accord expires in June
Couve de Murville reaffirms French opposition to negotiations with USSR under present conditions, s, French Sen; holds talks must be tied to broader Ger and Eur settlements and must not be held under threats; says wall settles half of problem for Communists, but opposes solving anything by force
decides to remain in UN; por; Kennedy hails decision
Estimate Bd allots $162 million for NYCTA, '62 capital budget, D 5,35:1; NYCTA repts $5,442,071 net operating deficit, July-Oct; sees fiscal '62 deficit over $6 million; links increased labor and material costs
UNITED NATIONS, N.Y., Dec. 5 -- U Thant, Acting Secretary General, ordered the commanders of the United Nations Congo force today to take any air or ground action necessary to restore the United Nations' rights in Elisabethville.
1961David Lovering, American drummer[†]
David Sullivan Lovering is an American musician and magician. He is best known as the drummer for the alternative rock band Pixies, which he joined in 1986. After the band's breakup in 1993, Lovering drummed with several other acts, including The Martinis, Cracker, Nitzer Ebb and Tanya Donelly. He also pursued a magic career as the Scientific Phenomenalist, performing scientific and physics-based experiments on stage. When the Pixies reunited in 2004, Lovering returned as the band's drummer.
1961Jonathan Melvoin, American musician (died 1996)[†]
Jonathan David Melvoin was an American musician, active in the 1980s and 1990s.
1961Manuel Reuter, German race car driver[†]
Manuel Reuter is a German former racing driver.
1961Frantz Fanon, Martinique-French psychiatrist and author (born 1925)[†]
Frantz Omar Fanon was a French West Indian psychiatrist, political philosopher, and Marxist from the French colony of Martinique. His works have become influential in the fields of post-colonial studies, critical theory, and Marxism. As well as being an intellectual, Fanon was a political radical, Pan-Africanist, and Marxist humanist concerned with the psychopathology of colonization and the human, social, and cultural consequences of decolonization.
In 1961, the world population was approximately 3,064,869,675 people[†]