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S Viet nam troops reptd in heavy fighting, Binhdinh Prov; US helicopters fly S Vietnam reinforcements into An Khe area; map
Rockefeller to act on 1,012 bills within 30 days; Legis passed 1,279 bills of which 264 were signed, 3 vetoed
Hiss charges statement in R M Nixon book Six Crises contradicts Govt claim during '48 grand Jury probe that FBI never had possession of Woodstock typewriterson which late W Chambers charged Hiss wife copied Govt documents; Nixon says statement in his book is research error, that it will be corrected in next ed; Nixon statements cited in F J Cook article in Nation; Nation ed McWilliams to ask Atty Gen Kennedy to open mins of grand jury that indicted Hiss; urges him to open Hiss probe file to impartial group; Hiss atty during '49 perjury trial claimed typewriter was fake; case and typewriter angle recalled
LEVITTOWN, L.I., Monday, April 2--Production workers went on strike at 12:01 A.M. today against the Republic Aviation Corporation.
US-USSR talks seen resuming on apparent USSR 'compromise' offer of conditional acceptance of internatl control of access to W Berlin; other parts of USSR offer unacceptable, but may indicate basis for talks
1962Pierre Carles, French director and producer[†]
Pierre Carles is a French documentary filmmaker. He has been compared to Michael Moore for his use of the documentary form to denounce mainstream media, which he accuses of having conflicts of interest.
1962Billy Dean, American singer-songwriter and guitarist[†]
William Harold Dean Jr. is an American country music singer and songwriter.
1962Clark Gregg, American actor[†]
Robert Clark Gregg Jr. is an American actor, director, and screenwriter. He portrayed Phil Coulson in films and television series set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe from 2008 to 2024, and voiced Coulson in an animated television series and video games.
In 1962, the world population was approximately 3,123,374,315 people[†]