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March 7, 1963

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NATO IS PRODDED TO CLARIFY STAND ON ATOMIC FORCE; Kennedy Invites Proposals or Readiness to Accept Dependence on U.S. Points Again Stressed NATO IS PRODDED TO CLARIFY STAND Prefers Surface Vessels

By Max Frankel Special To the New York Times

SHAPE comdr Gen Lemnitzer confs with Adenauer, Bonn; Merchant confs with Min von Hassel; illus

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FRANCE APPEALS TO MINE STRIKERS; Bids Them End Walkout, Warning of Rationing-- Men Are Ignoring Plea France Asks Miners to Return But Men Are Ignoring the Plea Right to Strike Upheld Some Plants Restricted

By Henry Giniger Special To the New York Times

PARIS, March 6--The Government made a pressing appeal tonight to France's coal miners to end their strike. It warned the country of gas and coal rationing if production was not resumed.

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KENNEDY IS FIRM ON TEST CHECKS; Says U.S. Will Bar a Treaty Without 'Every' Safeguard on Inspection in Soviet Other Important Issues Kennedy Says U.S. Will Demand All 'Safeguards' on Test Checks A Difference in Numbers

By Robert C. Toth Special To the New York Times

Kennedy says US will net accept tests ban treaty that does not offer 'every assurance' of detecting underground blasts in USSR, news conf; holds onsite inspection vital despite progress in detection means; Cong com hears Dr C F Romney and Prof Herrin on seismic detection progress

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Boeing Loss of Contract Attributed to Too-Low Bid; Incentive Features Set LOW BID BARRED, TFX INQUIRY TOLD Bid Called 'Normal'

By Jack Raymond Special To the New York Times

Defense Dept project officer Col Gayle testifies lower Boeing bid was considered 'unrealistic' by Govt standards; Sen Jackson ridicules view

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KENNEDY INSISTS ON TAX REFORMS ALONG WITH CUTS; He Stresses at News Parley That Both Are Essential for Equitable Program BUDGET CRITICS CHIDED G.O.P. Challenged to Slash Spending Without Curbing 'Better Life for People' 'Equitable Taxing Sought' No 'Winter of Discontent' Kennedy Insists Upon Reforms Along With Reduction in Taxes

By Tom Wicker Special To the New York Times

Kennedy insists be wants reforms along with cuts, news conf; denies that s to ABA implied he would accept cuts only

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Notable Births

1963Mike Eagles, Canadian ice hockey player and coach^[†]

Michael Bryant Eagles is a Canadian former professional ice hockey forward who played sixteen seasons in the National Hockey League. He is currently the Athletic Director of St. Thomas University in Fredericton, New Brunswick.

1963E. L. James, English author^[†]

Erika Mitchell, known by her pen name E. L. James, is a British author. She wrote the best-selling Fifty Shades series of erotic romance novels, which spawned a multimedia franchise including a film trilogy of the same name. Prior to this, she wrote the Twilight fan fiction "Master of the Universe" that served as the basis for the Fifty Shades series under the web name Snowqueens Icedragon. In 2019, she published her first book unconnected with the fictional world of Fifty Shades, The Mister, to negative critical reaction.

Historical Context for March 7, 1963

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