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March 29, 1963

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Headlines from March 29, 1963

PARIS-BONN PACT TO ASK U.S. CUTS IN MAJOR TARIFFS; Reduction to 12% Maximum Set as Basis for AccordResistance Expected Full Goal Still Distant Wants Future Assured A TARIFF CUT PACT WITH EUROPE DUE

By Edwin L. Dale Jr. Special To the New York Times

France and W Ger reptd near accord on US-EEC mutual tariff-cutting program; 12% seen as maximum cut; US resistance expected

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Police Loose a Dog On Negroes' Group; Minister Is Bitten; Report of Sit-in Dog, Turned Loose by Police, Bites Negro Minister in South

By Claude Sitton Special To the New York Times

police unleash dog against 42 Negroes en route home after trying to regis, dispersing group; illus; 1 bitten; CBS newsman held, then freed; trials of 9 of 11 Negroes arrested earlier begin

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NIELSEN'S MEMO CITED WEAKNESS; A Report by Statistician to Board Chairman Bared at House Hearing Investigations 'Trying' NIELSEN'S MEMO CITED WEAKNESS

By Special to The New York Times

subcom produces confidential memo from Nielsen exec to bd chmn that co wants to withhold data that might reveal 'vital' weaknesses in services

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Estes Is Convicted On 4 Fraud Counts; Estes Convicted of Mail Fraud In Finance Company Dealings Wife and Brothers There Note on No Verdict

By Unknown Author

EL PASO, Tex., March 28-- Billie Sol Estes was convicted today of mail fraud involving the swindling of a dozen major finance companies in mortgage deals involving $24,000,000.

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F.C.C. SEEKS LIMIT ON NUMBER OF ADS ON TV AND RADIO; Proposes a Ceiling on Time Used for Commercials in Broadcast Period ASKS FOR ALTERNATIVES Action a Major Victory for Minow in His Campaign for Curbing Excesses Spots Are Limited F.C.C. Seeks Limit On Number of Ads On TV and Radio

By Anthony Lewis Special To the New York Times

FCC seeks limit on amt of TV and radio ad; asks comment from broadcasters and others as preliminary step to adopting firm rule; victory for Chmn Minow seen

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Notable Births

1963Padraic Kenney, American writer, historian and educator^[†]

Padraic Jeremiah Kenney is an American writer, historian, and educator. He is a professor of history and International Studies at Indiana University. He currently serves as an Associate Dean for Social and Historical Sciences and Graduate Education in the College of Arts and Sciences at Indiana University. He served a two-year tenure as director of Collins Living-Learning Center from 2018-2020. Previously, he was Professor of History at the University of Colorado, Boulder. He graduated from Harvard College (BA), University of Toronto (MA), and the University of Michigan (PhD).

Notable Deaths

1963Gaspard Fauteux, Canadian dentist and politician, 19th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (born 1898)^[†]

Gaspard Fauteux, was a Canadian parliamentarian, Speaker of the House of Commons of Canada (1945–1949), and the 19th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (1950–1958).

1963Frances Jenkins Olcott, American author and librarian (born 1872)^[†]

Frances Jenkins Olcott was the first head librarian of the children's department of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh in 1898. She also wrote many children's books and books for those in the profession of providing library service to children and youth.

Historical Context for March 29, 1963

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