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February 25, 1963

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Headlines from February 25, 1963

'SOFT' CUBA REPLY EXPECTED BY U.S. IN FIRING ON BOAT; Castro Regime Is Reported Reacting Moderately to the Kennedy Protest EASED RELATIONS SEEN Havana Resented Direct American Dealings With Moscow on Missiles Cuba Reaction Reported Kennedy in Close Touch Firing Held Deliberate U.S. Expects 'Soft' Cuba Reply In Firing Upon Shrimp Boat

By Tom Wicker Special To the New York Times

Cuba reptd impressed that protest came to it instead of to USSR; Castro charges US creates artificial tensions

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U.S. GRAIN BARTER AIDS G.I.'S ABROAD; Help Put Coveted Foreign Goods in American PX's With No Loss of Gold A G.I. Loophole U.S. Barter Aiding G.l.'s Obtain Goods With No Gold Loss Complicated Bartering

By Robert Alden Special To the New York Times

US Post Exch system to buy $7-10 million worth of surplus products from CCC and barter them for Eur products; exchs are forbidden to buy foreign goods under Nov '60 directive aimed at curbing gold outflow

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East Berlin Backs Down on Plan To Assign Jobs for Students; BERLIN REDS DROP JOB REGIMENTING

By Special to The New York Times

BERLIN, Feb. 24--Under the pressure of protests by East Berlin parents, teachers and high school students, the Communist authorities have dropped a plan to tell graduating pupils what jobs they must take.

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Javits Withdraws Backing For Reform With Tax Cut; Holds Reduction Is Too Urgent--Kennedy Will Ask Bankers' Aid Javits Withdraws His Backing For Reforms With Cut in Tax

By United Press International

Sen Javits withdraws backing for cut-reform pkg; holds cut too essential to be tied to reforms

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BONN AIDE FLIES TO SEE KENNEDY ON NUCLEAR UNIT; Capital Awaits Von Hassel for Talks on Developing NATO Defense Force Expects No Decision Arms Buying a Topic BONN AIDE TO SEE KENNEDY ON NATO

By United Press International

W Ger Defense Min von Hassel leaves Bonn for Washington confs

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1963Paul O'Neill, American baseball player and sportscaster^[†]

Paul Andrew O'Neill is an American former baseball right fielder who played 17 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB). He played for the Cincinnati Reds (1985–1992) and New York Yankees (1993–2001). O'Neill compiled 281 home runs, 1,269 runs batted in, 2,107 hits, and a lifetime batting average of .288. He won the American League batting title in 1994 with a .359 average. He was a five-time World Series champion and a five-time All-Star.

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1963Melville J. Herskovits, American anthropologist and academic (born 1895)^[†]

Melville Jean Herskovits was an American anthropologist who helped to first establish African and African Diaspora studies in American academia. He is known for exploring the cultural continuity from African cultures as expressed in African-American communities. He worked with his wife Frances (Shapiro) Herskovits, also an anthropologist, in the field in South America, the Caribbean and Africa. They jointly wrote several books and monographs.

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

Headlines from February 25, 1963

U.S. GRAIN BARTER AIDS G.I.'S ABROAD; Help Put Coveted Foreign Goods in American PX's With No Loss of Gold A G.I. Loophole U.S. Barter Aiding G.l.'s Obtain Goods With No Gold Loss Complicated Bartering

East Berlin Backs Down on Plan To Assign Jobs for Students; BERLIN REDS DROP JOB REGIMENTING

Javits Withdraws Backing For Reform With Tax Cut; Holds Reduction Is Too Urgent--Kennedy Will Ask Bankers' Aid Javits Withdraws His Backing For Reforms With Cut in Tax

BONN AIDE FLIES TO SEE KENNEDY ON NUCLEAR UNIT; Capital Awaits Von Hassel for Talks on Developing NATO Defense Force Expects No Decision Arms Buying a Topic BONN AIDE TO SEE KENNEDY ON NATO

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