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deficit at record $5.2-billion annual-rate, 2d qr, up $2 billion
confusion marks opening of city recruitment centers; Bklyn Negro mins object to opening of office in same place where they are enrolling Negro job applicants; no attempt is made to coordinate 2 drives; biracial screening panel holds 1st ints; picketing continues at med center and Rochdale Village
civil rights leaders conf with Gross; Harlem Parents Com leaves conf, asks definite timetable for integration and threatens boycott in Harlem if conditions continue; 3 officials of Astoria and LI units of NAACP join walkout; others views; Gross proposed transfers of any pupils from ps with 'high percentage' of imbalance to any ps in city, provided space is available; says city would furnish transportation
W Ger signs treaty in Washington, London and Moscow; Amb Knappstein, in Washington, submits declaration asserting signing does not imply recognition of E Ger; illus with Harriman; White House and State Dept rept no present plans for Kennedy, either alone or with Khrushchev and Macmillan, to deposit treaty at UN
Ngo Dinh Nhu chastises mil leaders for failing to guard against a coup
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of August 14, 1963, covering August 20, 1963.
Andy Williams
Stevie Wonder
Soundtrack
Peter| Paul & Mary
Trini Lopez
1963Uwe Bialon, German footballer and manager[†]
Uwe Bialon is a German professional football manager and former player. He made his single Bundesliga appearance for VfB Stuttgart on 23 October 1982 in a 5–2 win over VfL Bochum.
1963Kal Daniels, American baseball player[†]
Kalvoski Daniels is an American former professional baseball left fielder. He played seven seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1986 to 1992 for the Cincinnati Reds, Los Angeles Dodgers, and Chicago Cubs.
1963José Cecena, Mexican baseball player[†]
José Isabel (Lugo) Ceceña is a Mexican former Major League Baseball pitcher who played in 1988 with the Texas Rangers. Jose was signed as a non-drafted free agent by Philadelphia Phillies. Jose was selected by Texas Rangers from Philadelphia Phillies in the minor league draft.
1963Joan Voûte, Dutch astronomer (born 1879)[†]
Joan George Erardus Gijsbertus Voûte was a Dutch astronomer.
In 1963, the world population was approximately 3,192,807,828 people[†]