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Ecumenical Patriarchate in Istanbul confirms that Patriarch Athenagoras I will meet with Pope Paul VI during latter's visit to Holy Land in early Jan, 1st such meeting between head of Orthodox Ch and RC pope since 15th century
37, including 16 children, held after attempting sit-in at Gross' office after Citywide Com demonstration; illus; Gross again denies Galamison contention that he pledged specific timetable for full integration
Sen, 56-14, approves $3-billion bill; approves credit underwriting by voice vote; adjourns; Morse makes final opposing s; debate interrupted 70 mins by Repub complaints against Dem leaders for not delaying vote until next session
Civil Ct upholds right of tenants in two E 117th St tenements to withhold rents because of hazardous conditions; directs tenants to pay rents to ct, says landlord can apply to ct for money but only to use for repairs; Gray halls decision; ct does not condone rent strikes except in certain cases; Gray asks Gabel to cut rents in bldgs; she will await landlord compliance with ct order to make repairs
spends 59th birthday at Pres Johnson ranch, Tex
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of December 25, 1963, covering December 31, 1963.
The Singing Nun (Soeur Sourire)
Peter| Paul & Mary
Barbra Streisand
Trini Lopez
The Village Stompers
1963The Central African Federation officially collapses, subsequently becoming Zambia, Malawi and Rhodesia.[†]
The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, also known as the Central African Federation (CAF), was a colonial federation that consisted of three southern African territories: the self-governing British colony of Southern Rhodesia and the British protectorates of Northern Rhodesia and Nyasaland. It existed between 1953 and 1963. Rhodesia and Nyasaland bordered Angola, Bechuanaland, Congo-Léopoldville, Mozambique, South Africa, South West Africa and Tanganyika.
In 1963, the world population was approximately 3,192,807,828 people[†]