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HR, 340-40, passes bill to let Defense Sec oust employes without explanation or appeal if he decides they are security risks; defeats, 132-39, Repr Roosevelt amendment to erase summary dismissal provision; Repr Willis says bill provides for thorough probe of job applicants
S Vietnam agrees to pay $17-million cost of operating strategic-hamlet program, let present number of US advisers continue to function
Haiti reptdly bars return of OAS com; Facio reptdly warns Chalmers, NYC, not to obstruct OAS; Duvalier reptd threatening to impede US dependents evacuation
Councilman Treulich seeks probe of Consol Edison plant proposal; co agreeable; calls reactor safe; sketch of plant; map
accord reached on settlement after Negroes scale down demands, accept pledges from white leaders in lieu of immediate action; tension markedly reduced; increased activity among white supremacy groups noted; Mayor Hanes criticizes Pres and Atty Gen Kennedy but does not threaten legal action against merchants who might desegregate facilities; Boutwell takes milder view; state hwy ptl illus at drill
1963Lisa Nowak, American commander and astronaut[†]
Lisa Marie Nowak is an American aeronautical engineer, former NASA astronaut, and retired United States Navy officer. Nowak served as naval flight officer and test pilot in the Navy, and was selected by NASA for NASA Astronaut Group 16 in 1996, qualifying as a mission specialist in robotics. She flew in space aboard Space Shuttle Discovery during the STS-121 mission in July 2006, when she was responsible for operating the robotic arms of the shuttle and the International Space Station. In 2007, Nowak was involved in a highly publicized incident of criminal misconduct for which she eventually pleaded guilty to felony burglary and misdemeanor battery charges, resulting in her demotion from captain to commander, and termination by NASA and the Navy.
In 1963, the world population was approximately 3,192,807,828 people[†]