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BUENOS AIRES, April 23 President Jose Maria Guido was considering tonight a decree calling for a takeover by the Federal Government of the administration of all Argentina's provincial:
US and USSR scientists agree on proposal to be submitted to World Meteorological Orgn and UN space com to set up 'world weather watch' made up of network of regional forecasting centers linked by satellites; plan drafted by Drs Wexler (US) and Bugaev (USSR); other observations also would be expanded; Dr Logvinov indicates USSR would cooperate but stresses plan must 1st be adopted by internatl orgns; indicates USSR is not up to US in development of weather satellites and is 'learning from Amer experience'; 1st Internatl Symposium on Rocket and Satellite Meteorology opens, Washington, sponsored by 3 orgns
Scholle v Hare et al: Ct, 7-1, directs Mich Sup Ct to rev Legis dists apportionment in light of its decision in Tenn Legis dists case (Baker v Carr)
Atty Gen Kennedy urges advanced nations to set up peace corps, s, AP
Fourquet repts enough troops in Oran to curb SAO; new violence
1962Clemens Binninger, German politician[†]
Clemens Binninger is a German politician of the CDU. Binninger was a member of the Bundestag from 2002 until 2017.
1962Stuart Pearce, English footballer, coach, and manager[†]
Stuart Pearce is an English professional football manager and former player, who was most recently a first-team coach for Premier League club West Ham United. He was nicknamed "Psycho" for his unforgiving style of play.
1962Steve Roach, Australian rugby league player, coach, and sportscaster[†]
Stephen David Roach, nicknamed Blocker or Blocker Roach, is an Australian former professional rugby league who played as a prop forward in the 1980s and early 1990s.
1962Milt Franklyn, American composer (born 1897)[†]
Milton J. Franklyn was an American musical composer and arranger who worked on the Warner Bros. Looney Tunes animated cartoons, working alongside and later succeeding Carl Stalling.
In 1962, the world population was approximately 3,123,374,315 people[†]