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Councilman Treulich sees sales tax up before July 1; Queens C of C urges pub protest
crew of raider seized by Brit surrenders to US in Miami; refuses to give position of sister ship reptdly at sea on raiding mission; Brit search party captures new arms cache but fails to catch suspected raiders
Rusk warns that 'gutting' aid request would help Communists, HR com hearing; illus; Repr Hays warns against counting on more than $3.5 billion; Clay rept influence discussed; Repubs challenge Rusk linking of cuts with Communism
subcom asks Gen Acctg Office to probe cost standards used by Defense Dept; McClellan repts subcom studies plan to have competing cos build prototypes; Gen LeMay testifies he was not told of decision to overrule Army-USAF selection bds; backs bds; subcom releases USN aide Spangenberg testimony ridiculing 'commonality' factor
ALBANY, April 5--An impasse over a mental health bill tonight upset the Legislature's plane for adjournment.
1963Rafael Correa, Ecuadorian economist and politician, 54th President of Ecuador[†]
Rafael Vicente Correa Delgado is an Ecuadorian politician and economist who served as the 45th president of Ecuador from 2007 to 2017. The leader of the PAIS Alliance political movement from its foundation until 2017, Correa is a democratic socialist and his administration focused on the implementation of left-wing policies. Internationally, he served as president pro tempore of the UNASUR. Since 2017, he has been living with his family in Belgium.
1963Otto Struve, Ukrainian-American astronomer and academic (born 1897)[†]
Otto Lyudvigovich Struve was a Russian-American astronomer of Baltic German origin. Otto was the descendant of famous astronomers of the Struve family; he was the son of Ludwig Struve, grandson of Otto Wilhelm von Struve and great-grandson of Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve. He was also the nephew of Karl Hermann Struve.
In 1963, the world population was approximately 3,192,807,828 people[†]