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reply to Premier Khrushchev lr congratulating US on Glenn flight and proposing US-USSR co-op space exploration; hopes US and USSR reprs can meet soon to discuss projects
A Heckscher named to new parttime post of cultural coordinator; will be liason in cultural affairs between White House and US and private agencies
Call-up backed by crew of destroyer Remey, in NYC after Eur cruise
Congratulates US on Lt Col Glenn 3-orbit space flight, lr to Pres Kennedy; urges US and USSR cooperate in space exploration
French Cabinet, after hearing Joxe, approves accords; Paris Express to pub alleged Salan secret directive ruling out coup and urging continued resistance to truce
1962Steve Irwin, Australian zoologist and television host (died 2006)[†]
Stephen Robert Irwin, known as "the Crocodile Hunter", was an Australian zookeeper, conservationist, television personality, wildlife educator, and environmentalist.
In 1962, the world population was approximately 3,123,374,315 people[†]