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amendment defeated by 1,994 to 1,720 as many Negro voters apparently heed Mrs Richardson appeal to boycott referendum; Cambridge Nonviolent Action Com halts demonstrations indefinitely to allow city to weigh next move; Natl Guard increased; Mayor Mowbray disappointed by vote
Sen Finance Com rejects Douglas motion to start hearings on tax bill but Sen H F Byrd indicates he will push them faster than originally planned; Dem Cong leaders affirm aim to get bill enacted in '63
14.4% pay rise bill approved, HR; personnel who retired before June '58 given choice of recomputed benefits or 5% cost-of-living increase
Sec Home suggests accord to bar nuclear weapons spread and to ban orbiting of weapons in space, s, UN Assembly; sees 'some value' later in Gromyko proposal for 18-nation heads-of-govt conf
arrives, Washington; met by Pres and Mrs Kennedy; illus; she broke period of mourning for infant son to meet him; he confs with Kennedy; entertained by Chief Justice Warren on yacht; hon by Kennedy at dinner
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of October 2, 1963, covering October 2, 1963.
Allan Sherman
Soundtrack
Ray Charles
Peter| Paul & Mary
Trini Lopez
1963Keith Bradshaw, Australian cricketer[†]
Keith Bradshaw was an Australian cricketer, accountant and administrator.
1963Maria Ressa, Filipino-American journalist[†]
Maria Angelita Ressa is a Filipino and American journalist. She is the co-founder and CEO of Rappler. She previously spent nearly two decades working as a lead investigative reporter in Southeast Asia for CNN. She is a Professor of Professional Practice in the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University and has been a Distinguished Fellow at Columbia's new Institute of Global Politics since fall of 2023.
In 1963, the world population was approximately 3,192,807,828 people[†]