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US State and Agr Depts probe disappearance of 24 million bu of feed grains worth $32 million, sent in barter deal; much of grain diverted at Hamburg and Bremen; W Ger pushes probe; depts disclosed data after Sen J J Williams asked Sen probe
WASHINGTON, July 16-- Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara issued orders tonight curtailing the participation of military personnel in racial demonstrations.
Negro leaders set 24-hr moratorium on demonstrations to permit biracial comm to show 'good faith'; Guard deputy comdr Col Tawes eases curfew; sniper fires at home of Guard unit comdr Col Turner; whites protesting curfew illus; Guard bivouac illus; Gov Tawes aide notes legal question about Guard authority to impose restrictions
Khrushchev, Harriman and Hailsham reptdly agree successful talks will lead to series on limiting distribution of nuclear arms and on Eur security; conferees discuss ban; USSR delegation now headed by Gromyko
accord ends demonstrations at Harlem bank remodeling project; contractors agree to employ 25% Negroes at site; City Hall sit-in continues; illus; Downstate Med Center picketed
1963Regina Belle, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress[†]
Regina Belle is an American singer-songwriter who started her career in the mid-1980s. Known for her singles "Baby Come to Me" (1989) and "Make It Like It Was" (1990), Belle is most notable for three hit duets, all with Peabo Bryson: "Without You", the love theme from the comedy film Leonard Part 6, recorded in 1987; "A Whole New World", the main theme of the Disney's animated feature film Aladdin recorded in 1992, with which Belle and Bryson won a Grammy Award; and "I Just Can't Imagine". The theme song "Far Longer than Forever" from the animated movie The Swan Princess, performed with Jeffrey Osborne, was nominated for a Golden Globe in 1995 for Best Original Song.
1963Letsie III of Lesotho[†]
Letsie III is King of Lesotho. He succeeded his father, Bereng Seeiso Moshoeshoe II, who was forced into exile in 1990. His father was briefly restored in 1995 but died in a car crash in early 1996, so Letsie succeeded him again for a second reign. As a constitutional monarch, most of King Letsie's duties as monarch of Lesotho are ceremonial. In 2000, he declared HIV/AIDS in Lesotho to be a natural disaster, prompting immediate national and international response to the epidemic.
1963Matti Nykänen, Finnish ski jumper and singer (died 2019)[†]
Matti Ensio Nykänen was a Finnish ski jumper who competed from 1981 to 1991. He is one of the most successful ski jumpers of all time, having won five Winter Olympic medals, nine World Championship medals, and 22 Finnish Championship medals. Most notably, he won three gold medals at the 1988 Winter Olympics, becoming, along with Yvonne van Gennip of the Netherlands, the most medaled athlete that winter.
In 1963, the world population was approximately 3,192,807,828 people[†]