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Vietcong stages mil build-up in Cambodian border area barred to S Vietnam forces to prevent border disputes; Amers find curb hampers war progress; S Vietnam says Amers urged it
WASHINGTON, March 15 --The Senate today ap proved a four-year extension of the military draft law after 10 minutes of debate.
US proposes direct Washington-Moscow communications link to reduce danger of accidental war
von Brentano and J-H Dufhues to direct search
strike; service almost paralyzed; illus
1963Jerome Flynn, English actor and singer[†]
Jerome Patrick Flynn is an English actor and singer. He is best known for his role as Bronn in the HBO fantasy series Game of Thrones (2011–19). His other roles include Paddy Garvey of the King's Fusiliers in the ITV series Soldier Soldier (1991–95), Bennet Drake in the BBC mystery series Ripper Street (2012–16), Hector in the Black Mirror episode Shut Up and Dance (2016), Banner Creighton in the Paramount+ western series 1923 (2022–25) and Boris Oliver in L2: Empuraan (2025).
1963Kevin Smith, New Zealand actor and singer (died 2002)[†]
Kevin Tod Smith was a New Zealand actor and musician, best known for starring as the Greek God of war, Ares, in the TV series Hercules: The Legendary Journeys and in its two spin-offs – Xena: Warrior Princess and Young Hercules.
1963Laura Adams Armer, American author and photographer (born 1874)[†]
Laura Adams Armer was an American artist and writer. In 1932, her novel Waterless Mountain won the Newbery Medal. She was also an early photographer in the San Francisco Bay Area.
In 1963, the world population was approximately 3,192,807,828 people[†]