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June 16, 1962

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BACKERS OF ESTES LINKED TO A LOBBY AGAINST KENNEDY; Inquiry Is Told Foe of Farm Bill Was a Consultant to Commercial Solvents Estes Backers Linked to Lobby Fighting Kennedy Farm Plan

By Peter Braestrup Special To the New York Times

Repub party and Cong leaders, at secret meeting in '61, reptdly agreed that Repubs were not obliged to offer own solutions to agr problems but were to criticize Adm program whenever possible; meeting described by ex-Sec Benson aide M Sorkin in Sept 11 lr to Commercial Solvents pres Wheeler cited at HR subcom hearing on Estes case; Sorkin, in other lrs to Wheeler, described other Repub activities in opposition to Adm program, including Sept 11 conf at Ithaca, NY, attended by Gov Rockefeller

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Notable Births

Wally Joyner

1962Wally Joyner, American baseball player and coach[โ€ ]

Wallace Keith Joyner is an American former professional baseball player. He played for four major league teams during a 16-year career, most notably for the California Angels, for whom he was an All-Star. He was a member of the pennant-winning 1998 San Diego Padres.

Arnold Vosloo

1962Arnold Vosloo, South African-American actor[โ€ ]

Arnold Vosloo is a South African and American actor. He began his career as a stage actor and starring in South African films like Boetie Gaan Border Toe (1984). After emigrating to the United States in the late 1980s, he became known for playing villainous roles, most notably as Imhotep in The Mummy (1999) and The Mummy Returns (2001).

Anthony Wong Yiu-ming

1962Anthony Wong, Hong Kong singer[โ€ ]

Anthony Wong Yiu-ming is a Hong Kong singer, songwriter, actor, record producer and political activist. He rose to prominence as the vocalist for the Cantopop duo Tat Ming Pair during the 1980s before embarking on a solo career. He also performed and collaborated with the theatre group Zuni Icosahedron. Wong is the director for music production company People Mountain People Sea. He also co-founded the LGBT rights organization Big Love Alliance and the non-profit charitable organization Renaissance Foundation.

Historical Context for June 16, 1962

In 1962, the world population was approximately 3,123,374,315 people[โ€ ]