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indus gratified by recent output rise but recalls '62 decline after peaceful contract settlement
The steady movement of coal from the mine to the railroad to the utility power plant has long been one of the immutable facts of business life. But this smooth combina tion is now ruffled by threats of oil from Venezuela, coal from pipelines and electric energy from long-distance transmission lines.
Assembly passes bill; Sen Zaretzki accuses Repubs of abetting Rockefeller in circumventing Const provision requiring popular vote for issuance of bonds for state bldg projects; calls bill example of Rockefeller 'frantic desire' to get to White House; Sen Mahoney defends bill
Thanks to General de Gaulle and the proposed Administration tax cut, United States imports are likely to be taking an extra spurt by the end of the year.
Major league baseball's frantic expansion efforts of recent years having momentarily been brought to a pause, a championship season opens this week without the fans of the nation finding it necessary to familiarize themselves with another new setup.
1963Jaime de Marichalar, Spanish businessman[†]
Jaime de Marichalar y Sáenz de Tejada, Lord of Tejada, is the former husband of the Infanta Elena, Duchess of Lugo, the eldest daughter of King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofia of Spain.
1963Nick Herbert, English businessman and politician, Minister for Policing[†]
Nicholas Le Quesne Herbert, Baron Herbert of South Downs, is a British Conservative Party politician and was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Arundel and South Downs from 2005 to 2019. He was Minister of State for Police and Criminal Justice, with his time split between the Home Office and the Ministry of Justice, from 2010 to 2012. On 5 November 2019 he announced his decision not to stand for re-election in the 2019 general election. On 31 July 2020 Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced that Herbert would enter the House of Lords.
1963Dave Johnson, American decathlete and educator[†]
David Allen Johnson is a former Olympic decathlete from the United States. A native of Montana, he grew up in Missoula and Corvallis, Oregon. He was part of Reebok's "Dan & Dave" advertising campaign, with fellow decathlete Dan O'Brien, leading up to the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, where he won a bronze medal in the decathlon. After retiring from competitive athletics he became a school teacher and administrator, serving as athletic director of Corban University in Salem, Oregon starting in 2009. Johnson accepted a position as Director with the Fellowship of Christian Athletes Oregon in June 2012. On November 14, 2012, Johnson resigned from Corban to devote more time to the Fellowship of Christian Athletes. He now coaches pole vault & hurdles at South Salem High School.
In 1963, the world population was approximately 3,192,807,828 people[†]