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Mayor Wagner opened a new line of attack on Governor Rockefeller yesterday with a charge that his administration "has moved drastically to the Right."
Lt Col Glenn, wife hon at reception; gym renamed in his hon; he s
US policy-makers doubt resumption will affect Geneva conf; Defense Dept stresses no 'superbombs' will be tested; White House repts receipt of 1,000 wires, evenly divided on resumption
42 anti-nuclear demonstrators arrested, several injured in clashes with police, Times Sq, NYC; illus; 42 charged with disorderly conduct, 29 also with resisting arrest; Assemblyman Lane, M Wulf of ACLU their attys; J Beck among injured; J Malina among those held; E Brooks of Women Strike for Peace orgn charges police brutality; Deputy Comr Arm comments; Gen Strike for Peace, Sane Nuclear Policy and Nonviolent Action Coms among sponsors of demonstration; similar one held, Chicago
reptdly plans special message to Cong asking new authority to protect consumers against unsafe or worthless products; speculation
1962A Caledonian Airways Douglas DC-7 crashes shortly after takeoff from Cameroon, killing 111 – the worst crash of a DC-7.[†]
Caledonian Airways was a wholly private, independent charter airline in the United Kingdom formed in April 1961. It began with a single 104-seat Douglas DC-7C leased from the Belgian flag carrier Sabena. Caledonian grew rapidly over the coming years to become the leading transatlantic "affinity group" charter operator by the end of the decade. During that period, passenger numbers grew from just 8,000 in 1961 to 800,000 in 1970. The latter represented 22.7% of all British non-scheduled passengers. It also became Britain's most consistently profitable and financially most secure independent airline of its era, never failing to make a profit in all its ten years of existence. By the end of 1970, Caledonian operated an all-jet fleet consisting of eleven aircraft and provided employment for over 1,000 workers. At that time, its principal activities included group charters between North America, Europe and the Far East using Boeing 707s, and general charter and inclusive tour (IT) activities in Europe utilising One-Elevens.
In 1962, the world population was approximately 3,123,374,315 people[†]