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August 11, 1963

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Headlines from August 11, 1963

RUSK PERSUADES ADENAUER TO JOIN IN TEST BAN PACT; He Gives Chancellor Pledges Sought on East Germany and Soviet Negotiations 7 HOURS OF TALKS HELD Secretary Tells the Germans Russia Shows No Urgency for Next Parley Stage 'Happy Outcome' Seen BONN WILL ACCEDE TO TEST BAN PACT Link to Berlin Security The Final Round of Talks Rusk Sees Three Chiefs

By Arthur J. Olsen Special To the New York Times

BONN, Aug. 10--West Germany announced tonight that it would accede to the Moscow treaty for a partial cessation of nuclear testing.

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U.S. AGENCY RULES 6 COMPANIES RIG ANTIBIOTIC PRICES; Trade Commission Reverses Examiner and Finds Plot in Tetracycline Case MAKERS DENY CHARGES Drug Concerns Are Ordered to End Conspiracy--'Bad Faith' in Patent Hit American Cyanamid Scored U.S. AGENCY FINDS DRUG PRICE FIXED Documents List Price. Critical of Order

By Robert C. Toth Special To the New York Times

FTC rules 6 big drug cos conspire to fix prices on antibiotic tetracycline, reversing hearing examiner's '61 ruling

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Estes Kefauver Is Dead At 60 After Heart Attack; Democratic Senator From Tennessee Was Foe of Crime and Monopoly Senator Estes Kefauver, Tennessee Democrat, Is Dead at 60 After Heart Attack ENEMY OF CRIME AND MONOPOLISTS Twice Lost Bid for Party's Presidential Nomination --Ran With Stevenson Funeral Planned Tuesday Soll-Spoken Tennesseean Walked Out of Hearing A Formidable Campaigner Got Political Start in 1938

By Special to The New York TimesThe New York Times

Kefauver, Estes (Carey E)

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Notable Births

Hiromi Makihara

1963Hiromi Makihara, Japanese baseball player[†]

Hiromi Makihara is a Japanese former Nippon Professional Baseball pitcher. He was a six-time Central League All-Star, won Rookie of the Year honors, and pitched a perfect game in a 19-year career with the Yomiuri Giants.

Notable Deaths

Otto Wahle

1963Otto Wahle, Austrian-American swimmer and coach (born 1879)[†]

Otto Wahle was an Austrian-American swimmer who took part in two Summer Olympic Games and won a total of three medals. Wahle coached the men's US swim team at the 1912 Olympics, and the men's US water polo team at the 1920 and 1924 Olympics.

Historical Context for August 11, 1963

In 1963, the world population was approximately 3,192,807,828 people[†]