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Supt McMorran repts bldg financed entirely by state will be slashed by $104,200,000, fiscal '64; holds many projects cut by Gov Rockefeller; denies NYS Auto Assn charge that cuts show hwy user funds diversion; total program budgeted at $320 million, $91 million below fiscal '63
Judge Grooms dismisses Justice Dept suit against Huntsville and Madison County School Bds, holds Ala pupil placement law should apply in case
FCC, 6-1, bans option time (means by which networks pre-empt air time on affiliate stations) as 'artificial restraint' on TV time, reverses '60 decision; ban effective Sept 10; radio option time unaffected; FCC bans CBS plan for compensating affiliates on grounds it has effect similar to option time
Sec Rusk repts accord for UAR-Saudi Arabian disengagement should be effective in few days, news conf; accord detailed; reptdly subscribed to by UAR, Saudi Arabia and repub regime; Thant confs with USSR, UAR and Saudi reprs
Comr Lucia probes charges by Small Business C of C spokesman Johnson that Harlem business men are forced to pay 'tribute' to sanitation men
1963Michel Langevin, Canadian drummer and songwriter[†]
Michel "Away" Langevin is a Canadian musician, best known as a founding member and drummer of heavy metal band Voivod. He has been a constant member of the band since its formation in 1982. Langevin is credited with the creation of the mythology of the post-apocalyptic vampire lord Voivod, about which the band originally coalesced, and is largely responsible for its continuing science fiction themes.
1963Élise Lucet, French journalist[†]
Élise Lucet is a French journalist and television host. Known for her investigative journalism work on France Télévisions shows such as Pièces à Conviction, Cash Investigation and Envoyé spécial, she has been dubbed France's "incorruptible journalist". In 2008, she was named Knight of the Legion of Honour. Lucet's work for Cash Investigation garnered her and her crew around twenty international awards including a Pulitzer Prize in 2017 for their investigation on the Panama Papers.
1963Helen Sharman, English chemist and astronaut[†]
Helen Patricia Sharman is a British chemist and cosmonaut who became the first British person, first Western European woman and first privately funded woman in space, as well as the first woman to visit the Mir space station, in May 1991.
1963A protest against pro-Catholic discrimination during the Buddhist crisis is held outside South Vietnam's National Assembly, the first open demonstration during the eight-year presidency of Ngo Dinh Diem.[†]
The Buddhist crisis was a period of political and religious tension in South Vietnam between May and November 1963, characterized by a series of repressive acts by the South Vietnamese government and a campaign of civil resistance, led mainly by Buddhist monks.
In 1963, the world population was approximately 3,192,807,828 people[†]