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A H Raskin on 114-day NYC newspaper strike
Pres Kennedy will set up 1st Fed Advisory Council on Arts by Exec order after Repr Lindsay, other bipartisan members of HR inform him Rules Com will continue to block any bill for a council; Lindsay comments
Mayor Wagner will soon propose plan to lessen chances of newspaper strikes
US Justice Dept curbs movement of 18 exiles in Miami area to enforce policy of barring raids on Cuba from US territory
MP H Wilson holds NATO center of Brit Labor party defense policy, int, Washington
1963Teodoro de Villa Diaz, Filipino guitarist and songwriter (died 1988)[†]
Teodoro "Teddy" de Villa Diaz was a Filipino musician and songwriter, best known as the founder and original guitarist of the Dawn.
1963Agnes Mowinckel, Norwegian actress (born 1875)[†]
Agnes Mowinckel was a Norwegian actress and theatre director. Born in Bergen into a distinguished family, she became Norway's first professional stage director. A pioneer in bringing painters to the theatre, she used light as an artistic element, and engaged contemporary composers. She took part in theatrical experiments, worked at small stages in Oslo, and founded her own theatre.
In 1963, the world population was approximately 3,192,807,828 people[†]