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February 16, 1963

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Iraqi Coup Waged on Shoestring By Rebels Incensed by Kassim; IRAQI REBELS WON ON SLENDER ODDS Military Base Seized One Plane Shot Down Kassim Tried to Bargain

By Dana Adams Schmidt Special To the New York Times

coup accomplished on shoestring; detailed, illus

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BARGAINING FAILS IN RAIL INDUSTRY; Technology and Dwindling Revenues Raise Barriers to Collective Solutions 65,000 Jobs at Stake Some Other Disputes Technology, Sagging Business Affect Rail Industry Bargaining Less Business, Too

By John D. Pomfret Special To the New York Times

collective bargaining seen breaking down as result of business decline and tech change; current disputes cited

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KHRUSHCHEV LAUDS BOND WITH PEKING; Says Russians and Chinese Will Join in the Final Act of Burying Capitalism KHRUSHCHEV LAUDS BOND WITH PEKING Offer Is Ignored

By Seymour Topping Special To the New York Times

Khrushchev says USSR and China will be together in final act of burying capitalism, comment at Moscow reception; goes out of his way to show amity with Chinese Amb Pan Tzu Li

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U.S. Backs Africans Quitting Bulgaria; U.S. Backs Africans Quitting Bulgaria In Racial Dispute Problems in U.S. Cited

By Max Frankel Special To the New York Times

US State Dept, seeking to capitalize on student bias charges, seeks funds to aid Africans; urges Brit and W Ger insts admit students; 17 Ghanaians charge Bulgaria with bias and brutality, seek to study in W Eur

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ARGENTINA BARS PERONIST ACTION; President Guido Prohibits Ex-Dictator's Followers From Role in Election Peronist Strength Feared Peron Disavowal Encouraged ARGENTINA BARS PERONIST ACTION

By Special to The New York Times

Pres Guido signs decree for renewed enforcement of '56 law barring all Peronist activities

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Historical Context for February 16, 1963

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