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In 1963, the world population was approximately 3,192,807,828 people[†]
1963Andrew Castle, English tennis player and television host[†]
Andrew Nicholas Castle is a British broadcaster and former tennis player. Castle was Great Britain's number 1 in singles tennis in 1986, reaching as high as World No. 80 in June 1988, and No. 45 in doubles in December 1988, with Tim Wilkison of the United States.
1963Benny Elias, Lebanese-Australian rugby league player and sportscaster[†]
Ben Elias is an Australian former rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s and 1990s. He played primarily as a hooker for Balmain in the New South Wales Rugby League premiership. He was one of the leading hookers from the mid-1980s until his retirement at the end of the 1994 season. Along with Wayne Pearce, Paul Sironen and Steve Roach, Elias and his Balmain teammates formed one of the best forward packs in the modern era during the late 1980s.
1963Kevin J. O'Connor, American actor[†]
Kevin James O'Connor is an American actor, known for portraying character roles in major studio films such as F/X2, Lord of Illusions, The Mummy, Van Helsing, There Will Be Blood and G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra. He is a favorite of writer/directors Stephen Sommers and Paul Thomas Anderson, who often cast him in their films.
1963Fritz Reiner, Hungarian-American conductor (born 1888)[†]
Frederick Martin Reiner was an American conductor of opera and symphonic music in the twentieth century. Hungarian born and trained, he emigrated to the United States in 1922, where he rose to prominence as a conductor with several orchestras. He reached the pinnacle of his career while music director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in the 1950s and early 1960s.
Adm Judge Murtagh and Asst Adm Judge Vetrano direct judges to stop issuing written opinions; several judges to protest to Judicial Conf; complain their rulings have been questioned by Vetrano, charge Murtagh abdicates responsibilities to Vetrano; ct observers link directive to recent opinion by Judge Gassman challenging legality of 2-1 decisions
Commerce Dept repts 3d qr payments deficit on regular transactions seasonally adjusted cut dramatically to $385 million, lowest for any qr since '57; almost entire improvement was in capital transactions largely helped by proposed tax on foreign securities purchases; drop in private short-term loans abroad also linked; improvement seen reflected in NY Reserve Bank rept that US had no gold loss for 13th consecutive wk; on annual rate basis, 3d qr deficit was only $1.54 billion, compared with $5.1 billion in 2d qr; special transactions involving foreign prepayments of debts and sales of foreign-currency bonds cut deficit further; 4 ways of measuring deficit cited
Legis (Marchi) com backs ending requirement that bars serve full meals
conv opens; Gov Rockefeller, Meany, Sec Wirtz s; preconv fight nearly erupted over Meany ban on display lauding Teamster's pres Hoffa
Kennedy admits Cong is unlikely to pass bill this session, news conf; hopes for HR enactment soon, looks toward full enactment in '64; links delay on rest of legis program to rights bill
Sens S M Young and Burdick charge that in '61 Baker kept them from getting seats on Judiciary Com by deception; Sen Anderson tells of incident in which he thinks Baker might have been vital in causing defeat of Medicare bill, '62; Williams gives Rules Com data on Baker role in getting export licence for Haitian-Amer Meat Co; Kentor denies Baker comm was paid through him or Packers Provision Co; Kennedy comments on case, stresses difference between it and that of ex-Navy Sec Korth, press conf
Pres Kennedy orders postponement of exch pact talks; holds Barghoorn's early release 'essential' if programs are to continue, news conf; notes Barghoorn's 'constructive' role in arranging various exchs, concerned about incident's effect on all exchs; E J Stahr of Inter-Univ Com on Travel Grants, G F Kennan, A Dallin and others ask indefinite deferral of talks
Sec Heath announces Govt plan to revive 2 major depressed areas, central Scotland and NE Eng; says plan includes massive pub spending; Labor MPs hold program overdue
US Sen approves adding Morse directive to foreign aid bill barring mil aid to Latin-Amer nations unless Pres deems it necessary to further US security or safeguard dem govt of an Alliance for Progress member against mil overthrow
his entire fiscal reform program is defeated, Legis
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US to recall 3 C-130 tactical air transport sqdns based in Evreux, France, leaving 2 in Eur; 1 to be based at Lockbourne Base, Ohio, but assigned to Eur on rotation basis, and capable of delopyment in 24 hrs