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February 2, 1963

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Headlines from February 2, 1963

PRESIDENT READY TO RESUME TESTS AS PARLEY HALTS; Orders Preparation for New Underground Atom Blasts --Talks Deadlocked ISSUE TAKEN TO GENEVA Soviet Ask Renewal There-- Rusk Asserts Inspection Snag Is Top Problem Kennedy Halted Tests Status of Trials in Doubt President Set to Resume Tests As Talk on Ban Is Deadlocked Theory Is Advanced

By Hedrick Smith Special To the New York Times

USSR halts secret NYC talks with GB and US, proposes resumption at 18-nation gen disarmament conf, Geneva; Sec Rusk repts Kennedy orders resumption of preparations far underground tests, news conf; says talks made no progress; Sen Anderson pleased with Kennedy move

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Bonn Assures U.S. Of Fidelity to NATO; BONN ASSURES U.S. OF TIES TO NATO Bonn's Attitude Stressed

By Arthur J. Olsen Special To the New York Times

Christian Dam party leader H von Brentano, others seek to reassure US that treaty does not weaken W Ger fidelity to NATO

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RUSK APOLOGIZES ON CANADA ISSUE BUT BACKS CHARGE; Regrets Tone of Statement Calling Ottawa Slow in Building Up Arms Rush Cites Tradition Statement by Rusk RUSK APOLOGIZES ON CANADA ISSUE Senate Unit to Meet Warheads Sought

By E.w. Kenworthy Special To the New York Times

W Ger seeks to reassure US on its fidelity to NATO

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HEAD OF RESERVE FAVORS A TAX CUT BUT NOT A DEFICIT; Martin, Testifying to Joint Congress Panel, Decries Any Greater Imbalance SEES 'CALCULATED RISK' Says That Current Policy Is to Make Money 'Slightly Less Easy' Than Before Payments Balance Factor Agrees With Kennedy TAX CUT APPROVED BY RESERVE HEAD

By Richard E. Mooney Special To the New York Times.united Press International Telephoto

Fed Reserve Bd Chmn Martin calls money mkt conditions 'easy,' Cong com hearing; concedes bd now alms at tightening it slightly; be and bd member G W Mitchell stress that US internatl payments balance problem complicates formulation of monetary policy

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Soviet and France Sign a Trade Pact; SOVIET AND PARIS SIGN TRADE PACT No Commitment Made

By Seymour Topping Special To the New York Times

pact signed; USSR fails to get most-favored-nation treatment

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Notable Births

1963Ilya Byakin, Russian ice hockey player^[†]

Ilya Vladimirovich Byakin is a retired ice hockey player who played in the Soviet Hockey League and National Hockey League. He played for HC Spartak Moscow, Avangard Omsk, Edmonton Oilers, and San Jose Sharks. He was inducted into the Russian and Soviet Hockey Hall of Fame in 1988.

1963Eva Cassidy, American singer and guitarist (died 1996)^[†]

Eva Marie Cassidy was an American singer and musician known for her interpretations of jazz, folk, and blues music, sung with a powerful, emotive soprano voice. In 1992, she released her first album, The Other Side, a set of duets with go-go musician Chuck Brown, followed by the 1996 live solo album titled Live at Blues Alley. Although she had been honored by the Washington Area Music Association, she was virtually unknown outside her native Washington, D.C., at the time of her death from melanoma at the age of 33 in 1996.

1963Kjell Dahlin, Swedish ice hockey player^[†]

Kjell Håkan Dahlin is a Swedish former professional ice hockey forward. He played for the Montreal Canadiens in the NHL in the mid-1980s.

1963Andrej Kiska, Slovak entrepreneur and philanthropist, President of Slovakia^[†]

Andrej Kiska is a Slovak politician, entrepreneur, writer and philanthropist who served as the fourth president of Slovakia from 2014 to 2019. He ran as an independent candidate in the 2014 presidential election in which he was elected to the presidency in the second round of voting over Prime Minister Robert Fico. Kiska declined to run for a second term in 2019. He has written two books about happiness, success, and his life.

1963Philip Laats, Belgian martial artist^[†]

Philip Laats is a Belgian judoka who competed at the international and world level.

1963Stephen McGann, English actor^[†]

Stephen Vincent McGann is an English actor, best known for portraying Dr Patrick Turner in the BBC One medical period drama series Call the Midwife. He is one of a family of acting brothers, the others being Joe, Paul, and Mark.

1963Vigleik Storaas, Norwegian pianist^[†]

Vigleik Storaas is a Norwegian jazz pianist and composer, and the younger brother of composer and bassist Gaute Storaas. He is known from a series of album releases and collaborations with jazz musicians such as Norma Winstone, Karin Krog, Terje Rypdal, Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, Chet Baker, Jack DeJohnette and Warne Marsh.

Historical Context for February 2, 1963

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