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April 5, 1963

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Headlines from April 5, 1963

SENATE APPROVES TRANSIT AID PLAN FOR URBAN AREAS; 52-41 Vote Gives Kennedy His First Major Victory of Current Session MEASURE GOES TO HOUSE Program Provides for Loan Guarantees and Grants to Local Communities TRANSIT AID PLAN VOTED BY SENATE

By Warren Weaver Jr. Special To the New York Timeswashington, April 4-- the Senate Approved A $750,000,000 Federal Transit Aid Program Today. It Is Designed To Get City-Bound Commuters Off the Highways and Into Buses, Subways and Trains

approves bill with amendment to bar use of Fed grant money by pub agencies to buy private transit cos, which would deprive workers of right to bargain collectively and to strike

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JOBLESS RATE CUT FROM 6.1 TO 5.6%; EMPLOYMENT UP; Unemployed at 4.5 Million-- Number at Work in March 67.1 Million, a Record BUT EXPERTS ARE WARY Await Further Analysis of Industry Figures--Wirtz Sees Encouragement U.S. JOBLESS RATE REDUCED TO 5.6%

By John D. Pomfret Special To the New York Times

WASHINGTON, April 4--The nation's employment situation improved notably in March, the Labor Department reported today.

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LUNIK IV TO PASS CLOSE TO THE MOON; Doubts Raised That Soviet Probe Will Fully Succeed LUNIK IV TO PASS CLOSE TO THE MOON

By Seymour Topping Special To the New York Times

USSR rept that craft will pass close to moon raises doubts as to whether it will fully succeed

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Balancing of State Budget Is Stressed in Albany

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AIR FORCE SCORES BUILDING BY NASA; Says Space Agency's Plan Will Duplicate Facilities AIR FORCE SCORES BUILDING BY NASA

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USAF charges NASA asks $77,671,000 for bldg facilities that duplicate USAF facilities; Deputy Amdr Dryden replies

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1963Arthur Adams, American comic book artist and writer^[†]

Arthur Adams is an American comic book artist and writer. He first broke into the American comic book industry with the 1985 Marvel Comics miniseries Longshot. His subsequent interior comics work includes a number of Marvel's major books, including The Uncanny X-Men, Excalibur, X-Factor, Fantastic Four, Hulk, and Ultimate Comics: X, as well as books by various other publishers, such as Action Comics, Vampirella, The Rocketeer, and The Authority. Adams has also illustrated books featuring characters for which he has a personal love, such as Godzilla, the Creature from the Black Lagoon, and Gumby, the latter of which garnered him a 1988 Eisner Award for Best Single Issue.

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1963Jacobus Oud, Dutch architect (born 1890)^[†]

Jacobus Johannes Pieter Oud was a Dutch architect. His fame began as a follower of the De Stijl movement.

Historical Context for April 5, 1963

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

Headlines from April 5, 1963

SENATE APPROVES TRANSIT AID PLAN FOR URBAN AREAS; 52-41 Vote Gives Kennedy His First Major Victory of Current Session MEASURE GOES TO HOUSE Program Provides for Loan Guarantees and Grants to Local Communities TRANSIT AID PLAN VOTED BY SENATE

JOBLESS RATE CUT FROM 6.1 TO 5.6%; EMPLOYMENT UP; Unemployed at 4.5 Million-- Number at Work in March 67.1 Million, a Record BUT EXPERTS ARE WARY Await Further Analysis of Industry Figures--Wirtz Sees Encouragement U.S. JOBLESS RATE REDUCED TO 5.6%

LUNIK IV TO PASS CLOSE TO THE MOON; Doubts Raised That Soviet Probe Will Fully Succeed LUNIK IV TO PASS CLOSE TO THE MOON

Balancing of State Budget Is Stressed in Albany

AIR FORCE SCORES BUILDING BY NASA; Says Space Agency's Plan Will Duplicate Facilities AIR FORCE SCORES BUILDING BY NASA

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