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November 20, 1963

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Headlines from November 20, 1963

RELIGIOUS LIBERTY HAILED IN VATICAN; Prelates Given Draft Bea Clarifies Stand on Jews RELIGIOUS LIBERTY HAILED IN VATICAN

By Milton Bracker Special To the New York Times

council applauds introduction to schema chap reiterating RC Ch belief in religious liberty; chap and introduction reptd drafted largely by Rev J M Murray (US); Bishop de Smedt gives Eng-language summary of introduction; says chap was written as defense against 'atheistic materialism; says it holds religious freedom means right to free exercise of religion according to dictates of conscience and as regulated by common good

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Las Vegas: Casinos' Hoodlums Face a Cleanup; State Starting to Act Against Shady Figures Who Run or Patronize Gambling STATE GETS TOUGH ON SHADY FIGURES Seeks to Curb Underworld Elements That Operate or Patronize Gambling Moore's Viewpoint Reform Ousts Him Two Martins There

By Wallace Turner

W Turner on Widespread impact of Nev gambling on US

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ARGENTINE WARNS U.S. ON REPRISALS; Foreign Minister Cautions Against Aid Cut in Dispute Over Canceled Oil Pacts ARGENTINE WARNS U.S. ON REPRISALS

By Edward C. Burks Special To the New York Times

Min Zavala Ortiz says Govt will take still stronger action if US cuts aid, news conf, Buenos Aires; in written statement, scores concept of foreign investments as mere aid and hints at Govt action against other investments

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SOVIET AND CHINA RESUME ATTEMPT TO HALT QUARREL; Officials Confer in Moscow With View to a Meeting in Peking Next Year WORLD PARLEY DROPPED Russians Yield to Foreign Communists' Appeal for Direct Discussions Russians Briefed on Issue Soviet and Red China Resume Attempt to Negotiate Accord

By Henry Tanner Special To the New York Times

USSR and Chinese reprs conf, Moscow, on resuming bilateral talks; leaders of other parties advise USSR against world conf

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CAMBODIA BREAKS U.S. MILITARY TIES; Economic Relations Also Severed Rebel Asserts C.I.A. Supplied Arms Diplomatic Tie Remains U.S. Denies Role CAMBODIA BREAKS U.S. MILITARY TIES U.S. Studies Situation

By Special to The New York Times

US studies move; Arab Nong Kimny says US aid no longer helps Cambodian econ; suggests that program, about $24 million yrly, has been weakened by corruption

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of November 20, 1963, covering November 20, 1963.

1
In The Wind
Peter| Paul & Mary
Last week
1
Peak
1
Weeks
5
2
The Second Barbra Streisand Album
Barbra Streisand
Last week
2
Peak
2
Weeks
11
3
Golden Records Vol. 3
Elvis Presley
Last week
3
Peak
3
Weeks
11
4
Trini Lopez At PJ's
Trini Lopez
Last week
4
Peak
2
Weeks
15
5
Ingredients In A Recipe For Soul
Ray Charles
Last week
5
Peak
2
Weeks
13

Notable Births

1963Tim Gavin, Australian rugby player^[†]

Bryant Timothy Gavin is an Australian former state and national representative rugby union player who played Number 8 for the Wallabies in 47 Test matches in between 1988 and 1996.

1963Timothy Gowers, English mathematician and academic^[†]

Sir William Timothy Gowers, is a British mathematician. He is the holder of the Combinatorics chair at the Collège de France, a director of research at the University of Cambridge and a Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge. In 1998, he received the Fields Medal for research connecting the fields of functional analysis and combinatorics.

1963Beezie Madden, American show jumper^[†]

Elizabeth Madden is an American Olympic champion equestrian competing in show jumping. She has two Olympic golds and one silver in team jumping, and an individual bronze. She won the FEI Show Jumping World Cup twice; won two silvers and two bronzes at World Championships; and won two golds, one silver and two bronzes at the Pan American Games. She was the first American to break into the international top three show jumping ranking, and the first woman to win over one million dollars in show jumping prize money.

1963Ming-Na Wen, Chinese-American actress^[†]

Ming-Na Wen is an American actress and model. She has won multiple awards throughout her career, including an Annie Award and a Saturn Award, in addition to a nomination for a Screen Actors Guild Award. She was honored as a Disney Legend in 2019 and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2023.

Historical Context for November 20, 1963

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

Headlines from November 20, 1963

RELIGIOUS LIBERTY HAILED IN VATICAN; Prelates Given Draft Bea Clarifies Stand on Jews RELIGIOUS LIBERTY HAILED IN VATICAN

Las Vegas: Casinos' Hoodlums Face a Cleanup; State Starting to Act Against Shady Figures Who Run or Patronize Gambling STATE GETS TOUGH ON SHADY FIGURES Seeks to Curb Underworld Elements That Operate or Patronize Gambling Moore's Viewpoint Reform Ousts Him Two Martins There

ARGENTINE WARNS U.S. ON REPRISALS; Foreign Minister Cautions Against Aid Cut in Dispute Over Canceled Oil Pacts ARGENTINE WARNS U.S. ON REPRISALS

SOVIET AND CHINA RESUME ATTEMPT TO HALT QUARREL; Officials Confer in Moscow With View to a Meeting in Peking Next Year WORLD PARLEY DROPPED Russians Yield to Foreign Communists' Appeal for Direct Discussions Russians Briefed on Issue Soviet and Red China Resume Attempt to Negotiate Accord

CAMBODIA BREAKS U.S. MILITARY TIES; Economic Relations Also Severed Rebel Asserts C.I.A. Supplied Arms Diplomatic Tie Remains U.S. Denies Role CAMBODIA BREAKS U.S. MILITARY TIES U.S. Studies Situation

In The Wind

The Second Barbra Streisand Album

Golden Records Vol. 3

Trini Lopez At PJ's

Ingredients In A Recipe For Soul

Notable Births

Historical Context for November 20, 1963