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int, White Sulphur Springs, W Va, on Defense Dept orgn and policies; por
wreck found some 56 mi from Poona; map
Playwright S S Smirnov, writing in USSR pub, charges Soviet Artists Union seeks to impose own taste and to thwart innovators, article on painter I Glazunov who has not shown since '57 attack by Union
Ben Khedda and Vice Premier Krim illus waving to crowds, Algiers, on arrival after independence vote
Boccaccio '70
1962Joan Osborne, American singer-songwriter and guitarist[†]
Joan Elizabeth Osborne is an American singer, songwriter, and interpreter of music, having recorded and performed in various popular American musical genres including rock, pop, soul, R&B, blues, and country. She is best known for her recording of the Eric Bazilian-penned song "One of Us" from her debut album, Relish (1995). Both the single and the album became worldwide hits and garnered a combined seven Grammy Award nominations. Osborne has toured with Motown sidemen the Funk Brothers and was featured in the documentary film about them, Standing in the Shadows of Motown (2002).
1962Ne Win besieges and blows up the Rangoon University Student Union building to crush the Student Movement.[†]
Ne Win, born Shu Maung, was a Burmese army general, politician and Prime Minister of Burma from 1958 to 1960 and 1962 to 1974, and also President of Burma from 1962 to 1981. Ne Win was Burma's military dictator during the Socialist Burma period of 1962 to 1988.
In 1962, the world population was approximately 3,123,374,315 people[†]