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US officials see Cuban-USSR mutual resentments continuing with both sides reflecting their mutual need for each other and USSR continuing to finance econ development
Deputy Atty Gen Katzenbach opposes NASA plan to give private indus rights to inventions growing out of Govt-financed research, Sen subcom; favors Govt ownership but sees compromise possible; view backed by Profs H Gray and R Barber
annual monetary conf; Sec Dillon s
3-yr pact signed
PARIS, March 7--France's miners, who halted coal production last Friday, appeared to settle down today for a long strike.
1963The Ba'ath Party comes to power in Syria in a coup d'état.[†]
The Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party, also known simply as Baʽth Party, was a political party founded in Syria by Michel Aflaq, Salah al-Din al-Bitar, and associates of Zaki al-Arsuzi. The party espoused Ba'athism, which is an ideology mixing Arab nationalist, pan-Arab, Arab socialist, and anti-imperialist interests. Ba'athism calls for the unification of the Arab world into a single state. Its motto, "Unity, Freedom, Socialism", refers to Arab unity and freedom from non-Arab control and interference.
In 1963, the world population was approximately 3,192,807,828 people[†]