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In 1962, the world population was approximately 3,123,374,315 people[†]
VIENTIANE, Laos Monday, May 7 Pro-Communist forces have captured Nam Tha, the royal Government stronghold only twenty miles from Communist China's border that has been under siege for four months.
Kisburg new study for Council finds NYC wages generally behind 17 other big cities; blames ILGWU and ICWA policy of 'artificial restraint of wage increases'; holds such policy sets city-wide pattern; Council pres O'Rourke comments
US believes Govt provoked attack with mil build-up despite repeated warnings from US; does not consider attack clear-cut cease-fire violation; will continue to press for coalition Govt; Harriman on outlook, TV int
5 flee Nassau County Jail; 4 recaptured
Lincoln Arts Center to begin final fund drive; seeks $28,600,000; appeal to stress Center's natl and internatl importance; J D Rockefeller 3d, W Schuman, G W Chapman, other Center officials comment; list of facilities planned, target dates, funds raised and needed; chart of pub donations made and expected
Secretariat Bldg crowded; negotiations opened to rent offices in nearby commercial bldgs; space needed mainly for inactive files; Gen Assembly seeks to enlarge seating and office space
US reptdly stations ships loaded with tanks and arms off SE Asia as part of its global mil deterrent; World War II Victory ships converted into floating armories and attacked to 7th Fleet; area chosen because climate offers maximum test for seaborne 'pre-positioning,'
elected Pres of Italy
Eur terrorists shoot Moslem women on Algiers sts for 1st time; 3 killed, 2 hurt, Bab-el-Oued qr; new SAO terror objective seen; French rept 2,543 terrorist victims since cease-fire
Sen leaders claim 54 votes for closure; Keating urges personal intervention by Pres Kennedy; Javits stresses bill importance to Puerto Ricans
Long-range missile with nuclear warhead fired for 1st time as Polaris is launched from submerged submarine in Pacific
DALLAS, May 6--Former Secretary of the Navy John B. Connally won a sweeping victory yesterday in the Texas Democratic gubernatorial primary. Liberal Democrats and Republicans also found something to cheer about.