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Sen Dem leaders seek to muster near-inanimous vote for ratification; some Repubs and Southern Dems cautious; Mansfield, Sparkman comment; plan to send Sen reprs to Moscow for signing may be dropped because of rept Hickenlooper, sr Repub on Foreign Relations Com, would not go
permanent Council meets
MOSCOW, July 25--Six letters scrawled at the bottom of a typewritten page sealed today one of the most important East-West agreements since World War II. They contained the promise of the world's three most powerful governments to refrain from further contaminating the air and the ocean with nuclear explosions.
rrs agree to postpone implementation of work rule changes until Aug 29, keeping intact record of cooperation with Govt requests for cooperation; Loomis announces rrs decision, HR com; illus; asks com amend proposed resolution to require ICC to rule within 120 days and to drop requirement that rrs protect employment of workers 4 yrs; hopeful for permanent solution; Harris welcomes rrs decision; ICC Chmn Walrath pledges to expedite ICC ruling; suggests changes in Adm proposal, including one that all appeals from ICC decision be brought in Fed Dist Ct, Washington; BRT head C Luna scores Adm proposal as compulsory arbitration
WASHINGTON, July 25--In a radio and television address tomorrow night President Kennedy will caution the nation against expecting too much to result from the initialing of a treaty for a limited nuclear test ban.
1963Stuart Long, American boxer and Catholic priest (died 2014)[†]
Stuart Ignatius Long was an American boxer and Catholic priest who developed a rare progressive muscle disorder. He was portrayed by Mark Wahlberg in the 2022 biopic Father Stu.
1963Jeff Stoughton, Canadian curler[†]
Jeffrey R. Stoughton is a Canadian retired curler. He is a three-time Brier champion and two-time World champion as skip. Stoughton retired from competitive curling in 2015. He is currently the National Men's Coach and Program Manager for Curling Canada, as well as being the head coach of the Canadian Mixed Doubles National Team.
1963Syncom 2, the world's first geosynchronous satellite, is launched from Cape Canaveral on a Delta B booster.[†]
Syncom started as a 1961 NASA program for active geosynchronous communication satellites, all of which were developed and manufactured by the Space and Communications division of Hughes Aircraft Company. Syncom 2, launched in 1963, was the world's first geosynchronous communications satellite. Syncom 3, launched in 1964, was the world's first geostationary satellite.
1963An earthquake in Skopje, Yugoslavia (present-day North Macedonia) leaves 1,100 dead.[†]
The 1963 Skopje earthquake was a 6.1 moment magnitude earthquake which occurred in Skopje, SR Macedonia, then part of the SFR Yugoslavia, on July 26, 1963, which killed over 1,070 people, injured between 3,000 and 4,000 and left more than 200,000 people homeless. About 80 percent of the city was destroyed.
1963The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development votes to admit Japan.[†]
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development is an intergovernmental organization with 38 member countries, founded in 1961 to stimulate economic progress and world trade. It is a forum whose member countries describe themselves as committed to democracy and the market economy, providing a platform to compare policy experiences, seek answers to common problems, identify good practices, and coordinate domestic and international policies of its members.
In 1963, the world population was approximately 3,192,807,828 people[†]