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July 5, 1962

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Headlines from July 5, 1962

2 NATIONS REVIVE GALINDEZ INQUIRY; U.S. and Dominicans Agree to Study Disappearance of Trujillo Foe in 1956 2 NATIONS REVIVE GALINDEZ INQUIRY Girl's Name Mentioned Trujillo Was Kept Informed Interview Authorized

By Tad Szulc Special To the New York Times

US and Dominican Repub agree to reopen probe into Mar '56 disappearance; case revd; Galindez, foe of late Generalissimo Trujillo Molina, believed abducted by Trujillo agents in NYC and flown to Dominican Repub by G Murphy, who disappeared in Dec '56; documents from Trujillo files in Santo Domingo obtained by NY Times offer new clues; show Trujillo was informed on all developments and may have decided to do away with Galindez in Oct '54; Foreign Min in Feb '56 asked embassy in Spain for all data on him; M L Ernst and S S Baron, employed by Trujillo to probe case, asked Dominican regime in late '57 for data on Murphy friend S Shaw and Ohio girl Geri-Ann; full documentary evidence may not exist since secret intelligence files were burned in '61; Galindez por

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Notable Births

1962Sarina Hülsenbeck, German swimmer[†]

Sarina Hülsenbeck is an East German swimmer who competed in the late 1970s and early 1980s. She won a gold medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow in the women's 4 × 100 m freestyle and competed in the 4 × 100 m medley relay qualifying round, but not in the final.

Historical Events

1962The official independence of Algeria is proclaimed after an eight-year-long war with France.[†]

Independence Day, observed annually on 5 July, is a National Holiday in Algeria commemorating colonial Algerian independence from France on 5 July 1962.

Historical Context for July 5, 1962

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