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WASHINGTON, Jan. 31-- President Kennedy lectured New York, Connecticut, Rhode lsland and Massachusetts today for having failed to save the ailing New Haven Railroad.
fiscal '63 tentative assessed valuations at record $27,678,596,166, up 6.1% over '62; rises by boros; breakdown for ordinary and utility corp real estate and for special franchises cited; 1 Chase Manhattan Plaza rated highest, $86 million
W D Lawrence, asst dir of Defense Dept Security and Rev Directorate, refuses, on McNamara's orders, to identify persons responsible for changes in Trudeau statement, Stennis subcom hearing; Lawrence and Directorate dir Hinkle testify they do not usually have access to Security Council and Joint Cs/S classified data; Stennis, Thurmond comment on Exec privilege
Robbers believed operating for Secret Army Orgn (SAO) hold up 4 banks, 1 PO and 2 payroll messengers, seize $130,000; Mme Glaymann, atty for Moslem nationalist, kidnapped, Algiers; SAO warns vehicles moving after 9 PM will be deemed 'belonging to Gaullist Gestapo'; terrorism continues; dead put at 555, Jan
Ex-Pres Eisenhower warns against feather-bedding, s, Los Angeles C of C; urges unions provide members opportunity to advance to mgt levels
1962José Luis Cuciuffo, Argentinian footballer (died 2004)[†]
José Luis Cuciuffo was an Argentine professional footballer who played as a centre back and who was part of the 1986 FIFA World Cup-winning Argentina national team.
1962Tomoyasu Hotei, Japanese singer-songwriter and guitarist[†]
Tomoyasu Hotei , also known simply as Hotei, is a Japanese musician, singer-songwriter, composer, record producer and actor. With a career spanning more than 40 years, Hotei claims record sales of over 40 million copies and has collaborated with artists from around the world. Hotei first rose to prominence in the 1980s as the guitarist for Boøwy, one of Japan's most popular rock bands, before starting a solo career.
1962Takashi Murakami, Japanese painter and sculptor[†]
Takashi Murakami is a Japanese contemporary artist. He works in fine arts as well as commercial media and is known for blurring the line between high and low arts. His work draws from the aesthetic characteristics of the Japanese artistic tradition and the nature of postwar Japanese culture. He has designed covers for several hip hop albums, namely Kanye West's Graduation (2007), Future's eponymous fifth studio album (2017), West and Kid Cudi's Kids See Ghosts (2018), and Juice Wrld's posthumous The Party Never Ends (2024).
In 1962, the world population was approximately 3,123,374,315 people[†]