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HR com begins closed hearings on Adm plan; Ribicoff testifies; reptdly would accept compromise not impairing Soc Security principle; Repr King sees modified version approved by com
Defense Dept cancels Army Project Advent, 1,300-lb communications satellite, now 2 yrs behind schedule; replaces it with 500-lb satellite with smaller communications capacity to be launched by Atlas Agena-B rocket; orders development of medium-alt communications satellite; restricts Army to developing and operating ground stations for satellite; USAF primary jurisdiction in space consol; Advent cancellation will end 1,100 jobs at GE Phila plant
WMCA et al v Simon et al: Ct, 7-1, sets aside lower ct dismissal of suit challenging const of NYS Legis dists; orders question reconsidered in light of its Mar ruling in Baker vs Carr
commencement; Kennedy s; illus; gets hon degree
1962Jordan Peterson, Canadian psychologist, professor and cultural critic[†]
Jordan Bernt Peterson is a Canadian psychologist, author, and media commentator. He received widespread attention in the late 2010s for his views on cultural and political issues. Often described as conservative, Peterson has identified himself as a classical liberal and traditionalist.
1962John Ireland, English composer and educator (born 1879)[†]
John Nicholson Ireland was an English composer and teacher of music. The majority of his output consists of piano miniatures and of songs with piano. His best-known works include the short instrumental or orchestral work "The Holy Boy", a setting of the poem "Sea-Fever" by John Masefield, a formerly much-played Piano Concerto, the hymn tune Love Unknown and the choral motet "Greater Love Hath No Man".
In 1962, the world population was approximately 3,123,374,315 people[†]