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Sen subcom probes profits on Nike-Ajax and Nike-Hercules programs; says 3 contractors took $9 million each on contracts totaling $146 million; cos identified as Western Elec, prima contractor, and Douglas Aircraft and Consol Western Steel, subcontractors; Sen McClellan denies charging wrongdoing but queries middleman contracts that pyramid costs
Moscow Pravda reprints Jenmin Jih Pao ed which concedes, in effect, that China erred in 'great leap forward' program and in setting up communes; speculation on USSR reasons for reprinting ed
Birmingham, Ala, to withhold fiscal support of surplus food program for needy to retaliate against Negro boycott of stores; most recipients are Negroes; Rev F L Shuttlesworth deplores action
1962Craig Adams, English bass player and songwriter[†]
Craig David Adams is an English musician, bass guitarist and songwriter. Over his career he has worked with a variety of rock bands, the most notable being the Sisters of Mercy and the Mission.
1962Kailasho Devi, Indian social worker and politician[†]
Kailasho Devi Saini is a political and social worker and a member of parliament elected from Kurukshetra constituency in the Indian state of Haryana being an Indian National Lok Dal candidate.
In 1962, the world population was approximately 3,123,374,315 people[†]