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February 27, 1963

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Headlines from February 27, 1963

CONGRESS CHIEFS BAR TAX CUT BILL WITHOUT REFORMS; Democratic Leaders Plan Elimination of Some of the Special Loopholes PARLEY WITH PRESIDENT Legislative Policy Is Stated After Kennedy Offered to Forgo Any Changes Some Reforms Likely Protests From Sears

By Richard E. Mooney Special To the New York Times

Dem Cong leaders, after wkly White House conf, say bill will include same reforms but do not specify; Sears, Roebuck aide O'Connor protests Adm proposals on profit sharing, HR com

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NEW ISSUES FAN DEBATES ON CUBA; Reports on American Deaths and Plane Flights Keep Congressmen Busy Mansfield Statement New Issues Fan Cuba Debate; American Deaths Stir Congress

By Tad Szulc Special To the New York Times

Cong debate renewed by rept that 4 Amers died during landings and by repts of CIA-Defense Dept dispute in '62 over control of air surveillance; details

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SOUTHERN PACIFIC GETS COURT WRIT DELAYING STRIKE; Railway Clerks Ordered to Defer Walkout Pending Hearing on March 8 Union May Appeal Kennedy Action Urged Court Restrains Rail Clerks From Southern Pacific Strike Contention by Railroads

By Lawrence E. Davies Special To the New York Times

Calif Superior Ct orders strike deferred pending Mar 8 hearing on co suit for injunction; San Francisco C of C urges Wirtz and Pres Kennedy intervene immediately; co holds strike threat illegal under Ry Labor Act

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IMAGE OF VENUS: 'GLOWING EARTH'; Mariner 2 Finds a Surface of 800 F. Surrounded by Thin, Cool Clouds Venus Termed 'Glowing Earth' With Temperatures at 800 F. Cloud Layer Analyzed Radar Finds 'Hot Spot'

By Robert C. Toth Special To the New York Times

NASA repts Mariner found 800 degrees F surface temp, correcting Feb 21 article; says picture as recd from spacecraft is one of hot earth covered by thin, cool clouds; notes cloud temps ranged from 200 to minus 30 degrees, not ruling out possibility of low form of life; repts data indicate that Venus has little or no carbon dioxide in atmosphere and has no high density ionosphere of electrons; sketch

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DISPUTES IN NATO IMPEDE PROJECT FOR ATOM FORCE; Uncertainty Over de Gaulle, Adenauer and Macmillan Is a Political Factor CONTROL IS PARAMOUNT U.S. Wants Allies' Advice but No Veto on Response to a Nuclear Attack Administration Comments DISPUTE IN NATO IMPEDE A-FORCE Bonn Called Key Europeans Fear Stalemate

By Max Frankel Special To the New York Times

Washington concedes confusion and indecision; factors

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Notable Births

1963Nasty Suicide, Finnish musician and pharmacist^[†]

Nasty Suicide is a Finnish musician. He is most famous for being one of the founding members of Hanoi Rocks, the group's rhythm guitarist between 1979 and 1985. Hanoi Rocks was a Finnish rock band that combined elements of punk, glam rock, rock and roll, and blues. Before his tenure in Hanoi Rocks, Suicide played guitar in a Finnish punk band called Briard in the late 1970s. Suicide replaced Andy McCoy in Briard after McCoy joined Pelle Miljoona Oy.

Historical Events

1963The Dominican Republic receives its first democratically elected president, Juan Bosch, since the end of the dictatorship led by Rafael Trujillo.^[†]

The Dominican Republic is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles of the Caribbean Sea in the North Atlantic Ocean. It shares a maritime border with Puerto Rico to the east and a land border with Haiti to the west, occupying the eastern five-eighths of Hispaniola which, along with Saint Martin, is one of only two islands in the Caribbean shared by two sovereign states. In the Antilles, the country is the second-largest nation by area after Cuba at 48,671 square kilometers (18,792 sq mi) and second-largest by population after Haiti with approximately 11.4 million people in 2024, of whom 3.6 million reside in the metropolitan area of Santo Domingo, the capital city.

Historical Context for February 27, 1963

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