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Dutch marines, in brief battle, rout band of Indonesian invaders, Gag Is; map; 1 invader slain; Dutch continue mop-up operations, Waigeo Is
Deputy Atty Gen White apptd successor; is Dem and 1st Coloradan to serve; at 44, will be youngest member; given Amer Bar Assn's highest rating; speculation on White views; Kennedy statement
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Appellate Div, reversing Quinn ruling, holds take-over unconst because enabling legis did not provide any notice to co; Rockefeller calls for enactment of notice amendment; Cohn says co will start 'multi-million' suit for damages co suffered as result of seizure; Legis completes passage of Mahoney fares, franchises bills
Admits incident as Harvard freshman, '51, when he withdrew at Coll request because he 'arranged' to have friend take exam for him; readmitted after 2 yrs in Army and graduated, later admitted to Va U Law School; Harvard bars comment; Va U comments; speculation on impact of disclosure on pol career; por
1962Olli Rehn, Finnish footballer and politician[†]
Olli Ilmari Rehn is a Finnish public official who has been serving as governor of the Bank of Finland since 2018. A member of the Centre Party, he previously served as the European Commissioner for Enlargement from 2004 to 2010, European Commissioner for Economic and Monetary Affairs and the Euro from 2010 to 2014, and Minister of Economic Affairs in Juha Sipilä's cabinet from 2015 until 2016. Rehn ran for President of Finland as an independent candidate in 2024, but was not elected.
1962Georgios Stefanopoulos, Greek boxer[†]
Georgios Stefanopoulos is a former boxer from Greece, who participated in two Summer Olympics for his native country in the men's heavyweight division, starting in 1984 in Los Angeles, California. He twice won a medal at the European Championships in the early 1990s. Georgios also had some success in kickboxing, winning a gold medal in the Full-Contact heavyweight category at the W.A.K.O. European Championships 1986.
In 1962, the world population was approximately 3,123,374,315 people[†]