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In 1963, the world population was approximately 3,192,807,828 people[†]
1963Eduardo Castro Luque, Mexican businessman and politician (died 2012)[†]
Eduardo Enrique Castro Luque was a Mexican politician affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). At the time of his killing, he was a deputy-elect from Ciudad Obregón, Sonora, to the Congress of Sonora.
1963Kenya declares independence from Great Britain.[†]
Kenya, officially the Republic of Kenya, is a country located in East Africa. With an estimated population of more than 52.4 million as of mid-2024, Kenya is the 27th-most-populous country in the world and the 7th most populous in Africa. Kenya's capital and largest city is Nairobi. Its second-largest and oldest city is Mombasa, a major port city located on Mombasa Island. Other major cities within the country include Kisumu, Nakuru & Eldoret. Going clockwise, Kenya is bordered by South Sudan to the northwest, Ethiopia to the north, Somalia to the east, the Indian Ocean to the southeast, Tanzania to the southwest, and Lake Victoria and Uganda to the west.
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Johnson holds White House conf with McCormack, Passman, Bell and L F O'Brien in effort to bar further cut; draws lines for showdown with Passman
addresses Defense Dept personnel on goal of cutting budget $1.5 billion from what it would have been without natl program of savings; notes Dept has responsibility for 1/2 natl budget, that mil budget is 15 times greater than that of entire Govt 32 yrs ago
NAIROBI, Kenya, Thursday, Dec. 12--Kenya emerged today as Africa's newest independent state.
Liberal HR Dems set up com under Repr Bolling in drive to elect more liberal Dems
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 11--Frank Sinatra Jr., kidnapped Sunday night at a Lake Tahoe gambling casino, was released unharmed about 3 A.M. today after his father had paid a $240,000 ransom.
US officials discount Castro version of '62 crisis; doubt that defense of Cuba was primary USSR objective, believe missiles were sent to Cuba to overcome worldwide USSR strategic inferiority; new RAND Corp study by A L Horelick supports view; Castro and Khrushchev statements noted; conflicts between Castro version of Adzhubei int with Kennedy and P Salinger recollection noted; Salinger says Daniel-Kennedy talk was off-record and should have stayed that way but Daniel felt Kennedy assassination removed commitment
hearing; witnesses charge big kickbacks are made yrly to producers and others, charge 'grave abuses' in industry's acctg practices; Lefkowitz to recommend legis to end abuses; some witnesses urge names of male-factors be made pub
Min Rodriguez leaves for tour of E Eur and USSR believed aimed at new aid to spur output
Hill says they recd 2-5 times as much as was paid for similar work in munic colls and private indus, hearing held by Stichman; says many bldgs still are not clean or adequately maintained; sees situation result of long-time 'pol pressures and practical realities'; W Hetzel of Bldg Service Employes Union deplores situation; E F Green of Stichman staff says there is no limit to amt custodian could get, repts avg yrly earnings rose from $10,795, '61-62, to $17,006 in '62 after Educ Bd raised allowances by $5 million; repts 68 custodians get over $25,000, 2 earning over $45,000 and one $53,000
talks deadlocked; Bolivia angrily denies it asked for US arms
Defense Dept expected to announce closing et 6 naval yds
Johnson to invite top farm leaders to White House conf