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PARIS, May 16--A meeting between President Kennedy and President de Gaulle within they next few months now appears inevitable to diplomatic sources here.
capsule landing and recovery described; Cooper, in Navy tradition, requests permission to come aboard Kearsarge; Pres Kennedy phones congratulations; Cooper talks by phone with wife and Sec Zuckert; Mercury recovery task force head Graham repts capsule landed in good condition
US still unable to force Duvalier downfall; State Dept statement seen aimed at gaining time and flexibility
WASHINGTON, May 16-- The Senate passed tonight a feed-grains bill that the Administration hopes will help to swing votes for a stiff new control plan in next Tuesday's national wheat referendum.
Raubinger orders Orange to submit plan to end de facto segregation in Oakwood School before Sept; suggests plan; warns all school bds to consider continued or potential creation of all-Negro pss in developing pupil-assignment policies and planting new bldgs; Hughes hails order as probably 1st in US to held that 'unintentional' segregation deprives Negroes of equal educ opportunities; hopes it sets precedent for Englewood
1963Jon Koncak, American basketball player[†]
Jon Francis Koncak is an American former professional basketball player. A 7 ft (2.1 m) center from Southern Methodist University (SMU), Koncak was selected with the fifth pick in the 1985 NBA draft by the Atlanta Hawks. Koncak spent ten seasons with the Hawks (1985–1995), mainly in a reserve role, then concluded his career with the Orlando Magic. He retired in 1996 with career totals of 3,520 points and 3,856 rebounds.
1963Page McConnell, American keyboard player and songwriter[†]
Page Samuel McConnell is an American multi-instrumentalist, most noted for his work as the keyboardist and a songwriter for the band Phish.
1963John Wilce, American football player, coach, and physician (born 1888)[†]
John Woodworth Wilce was an American college football player and coach, physician, and university professor. He served as the head football coach at Ohio State University from 1913 to 1928, compiling a record of 78–33–9. Wilce coached Chic Harley and led Ohio State to their first win over rival Michigan, in 1919. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 1954.
In 1963, the world population was approximately 3,192,807,828 people[†]