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reforms under Pres Nasser revd
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WASHINGTON, May 20-- With the bulk of President Kennedy's program still to be acted upon, Congress at midpoint in its 1962 session is confronted by the biggest summer legislative jam in a decade.
Jakarta repts 18 Dutch Marines killed in clash, Fakfak area; Dutch deny losses; Indonesia postpones gen elections because of crisis
Sen Pell proposes 8 states and DC create authority to acquire, modernise and operate Boston-Washington lines, financed by $500-million bond issue; envisions system using latest tech advances; opposes Fed subsidies to rrs
1962David Crumb, American composer and educator[†]
David Crumb is an American contemporary composer born into a musical family. His father was composer George Crumb, and his sister was singer Ann Crumb. His music is not as avant-garde or experimental as his father's; it has been called "attractive, accessible, imaginative, well-crafted" by the Chicago-Sun Times, and "expressive and beautiful" by the American Record Guide: reviews listed on the Presser bio.
In 1962, the world population was approximately 3,123,374,315 people[†]