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November 18, 1963

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FLUORIDE BATTLE TO RESUME TODAY; APPROVAL LIKELY; Public Hearing to Be Held on Plan Backed by Wagner to Reduce Tooth Decay FOES SEEK REFERENDUM Proponents Ask Funds for 9 Plants to Put Compound Into Drinking Water Better Teeth the Aim Votes in Favor Rise Battle to Resume Today on City's Plan to Fluoridate Water MAYOR EXPECTED TO WIN LONG FIGHT Proposal Would Allot Funds to Construct 9 Plants in Drive on Tooth Decay Rebuttal Expected Opposition Continues An 'Insidious Poison' Not Like Radiation Aluminum Studied Enthusiasts Impatient Urged Here in 1952 Disputed Reports More Drinking Helps Experiments Discredited

By Walter Sullivan

pub hearing set on plan to fluoridate NYC water; support for plan gains in City Council; Wagner's increased pol strength seen factor; issue revd, med arguments for and against fluoridation, experiments in various communities discussed; maps showing US areas with naturally fluoridated and those with artificially fluoridated water

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RUSSIA TO KEEP UP AID FLOW TO CUBA, CAPITAL BELIEVES; Political Strains Develop, Diplomats Concede, but Cutbacks Are Denied Reductions Hinted in Press Want Ties Resumed SOVIET TO KEEP UP AID FLOW TO CUBA Cuba a Prestige Asset

By Henry Raymont Special To the New York Times

US Govt officials believe USSR will continue present rate of econ and tech aid despite pol strains with Cuba; deny Brit and Swiss press repts of reduced USSR aid; USSR reprs in Washington urge restoration of US-Cuba econ ties to relieve USSR bloc of aid burden

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Las Vegas: Gambling Take Creates New Force in U.S.; Millions in Untaxed 'Black Money' Give Obscure Figures Power That Extends From Underworld to Government A Broad Impact Roots of the Problem Las Vegas: Huge Gambling Take Creates Force That Pervades Life in U.S. MILLIONS CACHED, SAFE FROM TAXES Such 'Black Money' Brings wide Power to Obscure Figures in the Casinos Income Tax Inquiries Small in Comparison Taxes and Crime A Local Scandal An Unnecessary Evil? A Note From Chicago His Friends

By Wallace Turnerthe New York Timesthe New York Times (BY CARL T. GOSSETT JR.)

W Turner on Widespread impact of Nev gambling on US

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Negroes to Intensify Job Campaign Here; NEGROES TO PRESS JOB DEMAND HERE Response to Brennan Met Other Groups

By John Sibleythe New York Times

Mins Com on Job Opportunities threatens series of harassing tactics; coordinator Rev W A Jones charges Mayor Wagner ignored com's Nov 7 wire asking conf on city's alleged failure to open more jobs to Negroes; scores Wagner and Rockefeller; challenges Bldg Trades Council pres Brennan on tests used to determine Negro applicants qualifications

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of November 13, 1963, covering November 18, 1963.

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    Album cover for In The Wind by Peter| Paul & Mary

    In The Wind

    Peter| Paul & Mary

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    4
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    Album cover for The Second Barbra Streisand Album by Barbra Streisand

    The Second Barbra Streisand Album

    Barbra Streisand

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    2
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    10
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    Album cover for Golden Records Vol. 3 by Elvis Presley

    Golden Records Vol. 3

    Elvis Presley

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    Peak
    3
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    10
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    Album cover for Trini Lopez At PJ's by Trini Lopez

    Trini Lopez At PJ's

    Trini Lopez

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    Album cover for Ingredients In A Recipe For Soul by Ray Charles

    Ingredients In A Recipe For Soul

    Ray Charles

    Last week
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    2
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    12

Notable Births

Len Bias

1963Len Bias, American basketball player (died 1986)[†]

Leonard Kevin Bias was an American college basketball player for the Maryland Terrapins. In the last of his four years playing for Maryland, he was named a consensus first-team All-American. Two days after being selected by the Boston Celtics with the second overall pick in the 1986 NBA draft, Bias died from cardiac arrhythmia induced by a cocaine overdose. In 2021, Bias was inducted into the College Basketball Hall of Fame.

1963Dante Bichette, American baseball player and coach[†]

Alphonse Dante Bichette Sr. is an American former professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) as an outfielder for the California Angels (1988–1990), Milwaukee Brewers (1991–1992), Colorado Rockies (1993–1999), Cincinnati Reds (2000), and Boston Red Sox (2000–2001). He was also the hitting coach for the Rockies in 2013. He batted and threw right-handed.

Todd Bowles

1963Todd Bowles, American football player and coach[†]

Todd Robert Bowles is an American professional football coach and former player who is the head coach of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the National Football League (NFL). He was previously the head coach of the New York Jets from 2015 to 2018. Bowles has also been the defensive coordinator of the Arizona Cardinals and Buccaneers as well as the secondary coach for the Jets, Cleveland Browns, Dallas Cowboys, Miami Dolphins, and Philadelphia Eagles. He played eight seasons in the NFL as a safety, primarily with the Washington Redskins, and was a member of the team that won Super Bowl XXII.

Peter Schmeichel

1963Peter Schmeichel, Danish footballer and sportscaster[†]

Peter Bolesław Schmeichel is a Danish former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. During eight seasons at English club Manchester United, he won 15 trophies including five Premier League titles, three FA Cups and he captained the club to victory in the 1999 UEFA Champions League final to complete the Treble. Schmeichel also played for the Denmark national team, with whom he won the UEFA European Championship in 1992. Regarded as one of the greatest goalkeepers of all time, he was voted the IFFHS World's Best Goalkeeper in both 1992 and 1993, while the International Federation of Football History & Statistics ranked Schmeichel among the top ten goalkeepers of the 20th century.

Joost Zwagerman

1963Joost Zwagerman, Dutch author and poet (died 2015)[†]

Johannes Jacobus Willebrordus "Joost" Zwagerman was a Dutch writer, poet and essayist. Among his teachers was the novelist Oek de Jong.

Historical Events

Push-button telephone

1963The first push-button telephone goes into service.[†]

A push-button telephone is a telephone that has buttons or keys for dialing a telephone number, in contrast to a rotary dial used in earlier telephones.

Historical Context for November 18, 1963

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