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A substantial portion of the building contractors and material suppliers who make up the building industry depend to a large extent on a construction news service that is nearly nation-wide in scope.
John Kennedy's victory last week seems certain to have wide political and economic repercussions.
WASHINGTON, April 14-- Pentagon officials have recommended to President Kennedy that the United States ease present restrictions and turn over to France important information and materials for nuclear weapons.
To most people Manhattan penthouses and terrace apartments are glamorous retreats, far from the grimy concerns of life at street level. Frequently they are not.
1962Nawal El Moutawakel, Moroccan athlete and politician[†]
Nawal El Moutawakel is a Moroccan former hurdler, who won the inaugural women's 400 metres hurdles event at the 1984 Summer Olympics, and is the first Moroccan, Arab, African, and Muslim woman to win an Olympic gold. In 2007, El Moutawakel was named the Minister of Sports in the upcoming cabinet of Morocco.
1962Tom Kane, American voice actor[†]
Tom Kane is an American former voice actor. He is known for his work in animation and video games, most notably the Star Wars franchise.
1962Clara Blandick, American actress (born 1880)[†]
Clara Blandick was an American character, film, stage and theater actress who portrayed Aunt Em in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's The Wizard of Oz (1939). As a character actress, she often played eccentric elderly matriarchs.
1962Arsenio Lacson, Filipino journalist and politician, Mayor of Manila (born 1912)[†]
Arsenio Hilario Sison Lacson Sr. was a Filipino lawyer, journalist and politician who gained widespread attention as 1st to be elected and 15th Mayor of Manila from 1952 to 1962. An active executive likened by Time and The New York Times to New York City's Fiorello La Guardia, he was the first Manila mayor to be reelected to three terms. Nicknamed "Arsenic" and described as "a good man with a bad mouth", Lacson's fiery temperament became a trademark of his political and broadcasting career. He died suddenly from a stroke amidst talk that he was planning to run in the 1965 presidential election.
In 1962, the world population was approximately 3,123,374,315 people[†]