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April 27, 1962

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Ranger IV Crashes on the Moon; Hits Far Side After 64-Hour Journey-- U.S. Hails Feat Ranger IV Hits Far Side of the Moon

By Bill Becker Special To the New York Times

craft crashes on far side of moon after 64-hr flight covering 231,486 mi; diagram; US scientists jubilant; impact is 1st by US; USSR feat compared; flight data calculated by Jet Propulsion Lab; craft could have been made to land on near side had instruments functioned; tracking operation described; Admr Webb hails feat; Lab dir Pickering comments

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ARMS TALKS GO ON DESPITE NEW TEST; Zorin Denounces U.S. Action as Pushing World Closer to 'Abyss of Atomic War' ARMS TALKS GO ON DESPITE NEW TEST Wreckage of Airliner Found

By Special to The New York Times

assails US for resuming atmospheric nuclear tests, 17-nation disarmament conf

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Plan to Cut Guard Stirs Wide Protest Among Governors; Proposals for Guard Cutbacks Stir Protests Among Governors Units in Northeast Visited Rockefeller Not Advised Eisenhowers to Leave West

By the Associated Press

many Govs score Natl Guard Bur message outlining plans for 475-unit cut; Bur chief Maj Gen McGowan denies message is order; holds law requires Govs permission to disband units; number, type and location of units to be disbanded in 1st Army area listed; Gov Rockefeller silent; NY Natl Guard Vice C/S Brig Gen Stevenson predicts wide opposition

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U.S. STEEL AND BETHLEHEM INDICTED AS PRICE FIXERS; DEFENSE ORDERS INVOLVED; OTHERS ACCUSED 2 Smaller Companies, 5 Aides and Trade Institute Are Cited STEEL COMPANIES INDICTED BY U.S.

By Edward Ranzal

US Steel, Bethlehem, Erie Forge & Steel Corp, Midvale-Heppenstall and Open Die Forging Inst indicted for violating antitrust law by conspiring to fix prices and rig bids in sale of forged items to Army, USN, elec cos and others; execs E Gurney, R S Barnes, E Lang, H Lackey and R B Heppenstall Sr also indicted; Govt officials deny link to rise, rapt jury began hearings Dec '61; US Steel and Bethlehem reprs deny charges, statements

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Russia Calls A-Tests a 'Crime' In Bid to Rally World Censure; MOSCOW ASSAILS TESTS AS A 'CRIME'

By Seymour Topping Special To the New York Times

MOSCOW, April 26--The Soviet Union sought today to muster world opinion against the United States for its resumption of nuclear testing.

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Notable Births

1962Ángel Comizzo, Argentinian footballer and manager^[†]

Ángel David Comizzo Leiva is an Argentine football manager and former player who played as a goalkeeper. He is the current manager of Peruvian club Atlético Grau.

1962Seppo Räty, Finnish javelin thrower and coach^[†]

Seppo Henrik Räty is a retired Finnish track and field athlete who competed in the javelin throw. He was a World Champion, having won gold in 1987. He was also an Olympic medalist. He was nicknamed Tohmajärven karhu and Tohmajärven tykki.

1962Im Sang-soo, South Korean director and screenwriter^[†]

Im Sang-soo is a South Korean film director and screenwriter. He has twice been invited to compete for the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival: first for The Housemaid in 2010, and then The Taste of Money in 2012.

1962Andrew Selous, English soldier and politician^[†]

Andrew Edmund Armstrong Selous is a British politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for South West Bedfordshire from 2001 until 2024, when the constituency was abolished. Selous stood for the new Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard constituency however the seat was won by the Labour candidate Alex Mayer. Selous lives in Studham in the constituency of Luton South.

Notable Deaths

1962A. K. Fazlul Huq, Bangladeshi-Pakistani lawyer and politician, Pakistani Minister of the Interior (born 1873)^[†]

Abul Kasem Fazlul Huq, popularly known as Sher-e-Bangla, was a Bengali lawyer and politician who served as the first and longest prime minister of Bengal during the British Raj. He is well-known to present the Lahore Resolution which had the objective of creating an independent Pakistan.

Historical Context for April 27, 1962

In 1962, the world population was approximately 3,123,374,315 people^[†]