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February 10, 1962

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Headlines from February 10, 1962

Soviet Rebuffed on Berlin In Effort to Curb Flights; Major Probing Is Seen SOVIET REBUFFED ON BERLIN FLIGHTS Warning on Allied Flights Capital Sees No Change

By Special to The New York Times.Special to The New York Times

USSR tries and fails during 48-hr period to curb Western civilian and mil air traffic in air corridors to W Ger; probe of Western determination on air access issue seen; Clay flies to W Ger and back to test USSR aims; Solovyev rebuffed in attempt to visit W Berlin; map of air corridors

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Morristown Finds Quiet Way to Spur School Integration; MORRISTOWN PLAN AIDS INTEGRATION

By Joseph O. Haff Special To the New York Times

Morristown Educ Bd, working with civic leaders, Ministerial Assn and pub, adopts plan under which predominantly Negro Lafayette School will house only system's 7th and 8th grades while students from kindergarten through 6th grade will be distributed among 3 other pss; NAACP threatens suit to compel integration of Oakwood Av and Central schools, which have large Negro regis; boycott continues, Englewood; Hughes conf with Negro Councilman Tibbs of predominantly Negro 4th Ward; opposes sit-ins, other protests tending to lead to 'violence,'

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ARMS AIDE WARNS ON LETTING SOVIET BEAT U.S TO TESTS; Key Kennedy Adviser Says Last Soviet Blasts in Air Made Substantial Gain Loss of Superiority Feared Last Chance Offered Kennedy Arms Aide Warns U.S. Not to Let Soviet Beat It to Tests

By Max Frankel Special To the New York Times

WASHINGTON, Feb. 9-- President Kennedy's chief disarmament adviser said today the United States could not afford to let the Soviet Union stage another series of nuclear tests before the United States itself resumes testing in the atmosphere.

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Notable Births

Cliff Burton

1962Cliff Burton, American musician and songwriter (died 1986)[†]

Clifford Lee Burton was an American musician who served as the bassist for the thrash metal band Metallica from 1982 until his death in 1986. He is renowned for his musicianship and influence.

1962Bobby Czyz, American boxer and commentator[†]

Robert Edward Czyz is an American retired boxer and commentator. Czyz was a two-division world titleholder at light heavyweight and cruiserweight.

Randy Velischek

1962Randy Velischek, Canadian ice hockey player and coach[†]

Randolph "Randy" Velischek is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman who played ten seasons in the National Hockey League for the Minnesota North Stars, New Jersey Devils, and Quebec Nordiques, and coached the Metropolitan Riveters of the National Women's Hockey League for one season. He was drafted 53rd overall by the North Stars in the 1980 NHL Entry Draft and played 509 career NHL games, scoring 21 goals and 97 points.

Historical Events

Cold War

1962Cold War: Captured American U2 spy-plane pilot Gary Powers is exchanged for captured Soviet spy Rudolf Abel.[†]

The Cold War was a period of global geopolitical rivalry between the United States (US) and the Soviet Union (USSR) and their respective allies, the capitalist Western Bloc and communist Eastern Bloc, which lasted from 1947 until the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991. The term cold war is used because there was no direct fighting between the two superpowers, though each supported opposing sides in regional conflicts known as proxy wars. In addition to the struggle for ideological and economic influence and an arms race in both conventional and nuclear weapons, the Cold War was expressed through technological rivalries such as the Space Race, espionage, propaganda campaigns, embargoes, and sports diplomacy.

Historical Context for February 10, 1962

In 1962, the world population was approximately 3,123,374,315 people[†]