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January 21, 1963

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U.S. PANEL OFFERS ITS PIER FORMULA AS FINAL CHANCE; Both Sides in Strike Study Terms, With Congressional Action the Alternative MORSE REPORTS TODAY Kennedy to Hear Findings --Plan Believed to Meet Union's Pay Terms Delays Would Be Entailed U.S. PANEL GIVES PLAN FOR PIERS Details Are Withheld Differing Reactions Seen

By George Horne Special To the New York Times

submits settlement proposal; terms secret; speculation; Morse says plan will not be 'imposed' on either side

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Adenauer in Paris to Sign Pact Pledging Friendship's; Accord Is Stressed Scope of New Pact Dr. Adenauer in Paris to Sign Accord Promising Friendship

By Drew Middleton Special To the New York Times

Adenauer, in Paris, stresses Ger solidarity with France

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GASES OF ROCKETS ADD TO POLLUTION; Space Probes May Affect Weather and Radio GASES OF ROCKETS ADD TO POLLUTION 'Changes Are Possible'

By John W. Finney Special To the New York Times

Geophysics Corp of Amer, in study for Defense Dept, sees 'strong probability' that increasing amts of rocket exhaust materials may pollute upper atmosphere and change its temp and structure

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CALIFORNIA G.O.P. PRODDING VOTERS; Party Seeks to Gain Stature in Congress Election CALIFORNIA G.O.P. PRODDING VOTERS Kuchel Exception Statement Challenged

By Lawrence E. Davies Special To the New York Times

articles on W Grader- D Clausen- J C Stuart race in 1st Cong Dist special election for seat of late Repr C Miller

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Vietcong Foresees A Protracted War; Misjudged U.S. Aim; Vietcong Sees U.S. as Its No.1 Enemy

By David Halberstam Special To the New York Times

Communists, in document captured in Oct, admit to having misjudged US intentions, warn guerrillas to prepare for long, difficult war; see US as No 1 enemy with increasing role; other details; S Vietnamese troops illus

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1963Hakeem Olajuwon, Nigerian-American basketball player^[†]

Hakeem Abdul Olajuwon, nicknamed "the Dream", is a Nigerian and American former professional basketball player. From 1984 to 2002, he played center in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Houston Rockets, and in his last season, the Toronto Raptors. He led the Rockets to back-to-back NBA championships in 1994 and 1995. Olajuwon was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2008 and the FIBA Hall of Fame in 2016. He is widely considered to be one of the greatest centers of all time.

1963Detlef Schrempf, German basketball player and coach^[†]

Detlef Schrempf is a German-American former professional basketball player. He played college basketball for the Washington Huskies from 1981 to 1985, and was drafted into the National Basketball Association (NBA) by the Dallas Mavericks in the first round of the 1985 NBA draft, with the eighth overall pick. He was an All-NBA Third Team member in 1995, a three-time NBA All-Star, the first European player ever to achieve this award, and the NBA Sixth Man of the Year twice.

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1963Acharya Shivpujan Sahay, Indian author, poet, and academic (born 1893)^[†]

Acharya Shivpujan Sahay was a noted Hindi and Bhojpuri novelist, editor and prose writer. He contributed in pioneering modern trends. His auto-biographical story "Mata ka Aanchal" also featured in the NCERT Hindi textbook, Kritika, for the tenth grade. He was also conferred with the Padma Bhushan award by the Government of India.

1963Spiros Xenos, Greek-Swedish painter (born 1881)^[†]

Spiros George Xenos was a Greek-Swedish artist.

Historical Events

1963The Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad ends operation.^[†]

The Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad, also known as the North Shore Line, was an interurban railroad that operated passenger and freight service over an 88.9-mile (143.1 km) route between the Chicago Loop and downtown Milwaukee, as well as an 8.6-mile (13.8 km) branch line between the villages of Lake Bluff and Mundelein, Illinois. The North Shore Line also provided streetcar, city bus and motor coach services along its interurban route.

Historical Context for January 21, 1963

In 1963, the world population was approximately 3,192,807,828 people^[†]

Headlines from January 21, 1963

Adenauer in Paris to Sign Pact Pledging Friendship's; Accord Is Stressed Scope of New Pact Dr. Adenauer in Paris to Sign Accord Promising Friendship

GASES OF ROCKETS ADD TO POLLUTION; Space Probes May Affect Weather and Radio GASES OF ROCKETS ADD TO POLLUTION 'Changes Are Possible'

CALIFORNIA G.O.P. PRODDING VOTERS; Party Seeks to Gain Stature in Congress Election CALIFORNIA G.O.P. PRODDING VOTERS Kuchel Exception Statement Challenged

Vietcong Foresees A Protracted War; Misjudged U.S. Aim; Vietcong Sees U.S. as Its No.1 Enemy

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