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Kennedy scores $6-a-ton price rise announced by US Steel and other major cos as breach of new 'non-inflationary' contract, news conf
Fed ct, San Francisco, enjoins strike for 80 days as Kennedy invokes Taft-Hartley Act after getting inquiry bd rept sharply scoring indus bargaining methods; Kennedy makes announcement at news conf
UFT strikes, disrupting school operations, but orders strike end after Educ Bd obtains injunction; all Bd members but M Iushewitz had voted for seeking injunction; Cogen scores move; charges Wagner with great responsibility for strike; holds he has funds to improve pay; 20,000 teachers failed to rept for work, closing 25 schools and disrupting classes for most pupils; some pickets illus; Rubin says strikers lost jobs under Condon-Wadlin Act but Bd indicates teachers who resume work will not be considered as having violated law; Bd and Corp Counsel Larkin seek to work out procedures under which strikers could resume work; Wagner comments, TV s
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1962Art Alexakis, American singer-songwriter and musician[†]
Arthur Paul Alexakis is an American musician best known as the singer-songwriter and guitarist of the rock band Everclear. He has been a member of several other bands in addition to his own work as a songwriter for other artists. Alexakis has founded several record labels throughout his career and worked as an A&R representative for major record labels between and during his own musical projects. Later he became a political activist and lobbied for special concerns which include drug awareness policies and support for the families of the military.
1962Carlos Sainz, Spanish racing driver[†]
Carlos Sainz Cenamor is a Spanish rally driver. He won the World Rally Championship drivers' title with Toyota in 1990 and 1992, and finished runner-up four times. Constructors' world champions to have benefited from Sainz are Subaru (1995), Toyota (1999) and Citroën. In the 2018 season, he was one of the official drivers of the Team Peugeot Total. He received the Princess of Asturias Sports Award in 2020. Sainz founded the Acciona | Sainz XE Team to join Extreme E and competed in the first two seasons alongside Laia Sanz.
1962Nobuhiko Takada, Japanese mixed martial artist and wrestler, founded Hustle[†]
Nobuhiko Takada is a Japanese former mixed martial artist, retired professional wrestler, actor, and writer. He competed in New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), Universal Wrestling Federation (UWF) and the Union of Wrestling Forces International (UWFI) in the 1980s and 1990s, becoming one of the highest figures of the "shoot-style" movement.
1962Ron Flockhart, Scottish racing driver (born 1923)[†]
William Ronald Flockhart was a British racing driver. He participated in 14 World Championship Formula One Grands Prix, achieving one podium finish and won the 24 Hours of Le Mans sportscar race twice.
In 1962, the world population was approximately 3,123,374,315 people[†]