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De Gaulle grants clemency to 100 Secret Army Orgn members under age 25, many of them minors; most have been tried, some cases pending; comment on leaders remaining in jail
Regional Plan Assn rept holds bldg of new lines essential to keep Manhattan's role as business center; cites overcrowding and lack of adequate express service on existing lines; questions plans for new East River tunnel
US Defense Dept asks funds in fiscal '65 budget for strategic satellite system of 24-30 satellites in random polar orbits linking US forces around world; details; project history revd
Death toll from Los Angeles Baldwin Hill sec flood put at 3, property damage at $15 million; dist declared sisaster area; city to probe cause of dam burst; clean-up and evacuation described; other details; illus
Johnson faces test over HR com $800-million cut in appropriation; ADA urges Dem leaders fight, Prof Roche wire to McCormack
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of December 11, 1963, covering December 16, 1963.
The Singing Nun (Soeur Sourire)
Peter| Paul & Mary
Barbra Streisand
Trini Lopez
Elvis Presley
1963Benjamin Bratt, American actor and producer[†]
Benjamin Bratt is an American actor. He is known for playing Paco Aguilar in Blood in Blood Out. He had supporting film roles in the 1990s in Demolition Man (1993), Clear and Present Danger (1994) and The River Wild (1994). From 1995 to 1999, he starred as Detective Reynaldo Curtis on the NBC drama series Law & Order, for which he received a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series.
1963Cathy Johnston-Forbes, American golfer[†]
Cathy Johnston-Forbes is an American professional golfer.
1963James Mangold, American director, producer, and screenwriter[†]
James Allen Mangold is an American film director, producer and screenwriter. Noted for his versatility in tackling a range of genres, Mangold made his debut as a film director with Heavy (1995), and gained recognition for the films Cop Land (1997), Girl, Interrupted (1999), Identity (2003), Walk the Line (2005), 3:10 to Yuma (2007), and two films in the X-Men franchise with The Wolverine (2013) and Logan (2017), the latter of which earned him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.
1963Nadia Moscufo, Belgian politician[†]
Nadia Moscufo is a Belgian trade unionist, politician and member of the Chamber of Representatives. A member of the Workers' Party of Belgium, she has represented Liège since June 2019.
In 1963, the world population was approximately 3,192,807,828 people[†]