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WASHINGTON, Feb. 23 The House Ways and Means Committee took another step today toward setting up a withholding system to assure the collection of income taxes on dividends and interest payments.
BLE attacks impending work rules rept prepared by Pres (Rifkind) Comm; appeals to Sec Goldberg to intercede with Pres; Comm's union repr Zimmerman scores rept
resumed session adjourns; to reconvene in June for meetings on Ruanda-Urundi
UN charges Tshombe shifts from reconciliation to 'calculated opposition' to UN; implies he readies troops for new conflicts with UN forces
Lt Col Glenn repts he saw about same number of stars during 3-orbit space flight as are observable from earth, news conf
1962Kelly Craft, American businesswoman and diplomat[†]
Kelly Dawn Craft is an American businesswoman, politician, and former diplomat who served as the 30th United States Ambassador to the United Nations from 2019 to 2021 under President Donald Trump. She was confirmed as the US ambassador to the United Nations by the US Senate by a vote of 56–34, and was officially sworn in September 2019.
1962Michelle Shocked, American singer-songwriter[†]
Michelle Shocked is an American singer-songwriter. Her music has entered the Billboard Hot 100, been nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album, and received an award for Folk Album of the Year at the CMJ New Music Awards.
In 1962, the world population was approximately 3,123,374,315 people[†]