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Radio communications across Pacific temporarily disrupted by US high-alt nuclear test
Ben Bella in Rabat; starts secret talks with Mins Bitat and Yazid in attempt to end rift; Khider aids in talks; Moroccans hope for compromise
Criticizes USSR as well as US in s to World Cong for Gen Disarmament and Peace, Moscow; por; comment on him as controversial figure
bill barring employment or recruitment of strike-breakers in legal strike or lockout signed by NYC Acting Mayor Screvane; scored by Citizens Union
1962Yehuda Leib Maimon, Israeli rabbi and politician (born 1875)[†]
Yehuda Leib Maimon was an Israeli rabbi, politician and leader of the Religious Zionist movement. He was Israel's first Minister of Religions.
1962Telstar, the world's first communications satellite, is launched into orbit.[†]
Telstar 1 is a defunct communications satellite launched by NASA on July 10, 1962. One of the earliest communications satellites, it was the first satellite to achieve live transmission of broadcast television images between the United States and Europe. Telstar 1 remained active for only 7 months before it prematurely failed due to Starfish Prime, a high-altitude nuclear test conducted by the United States. Although the satellite is no longer operational, it remains in Earth orbit.
In 1962, the world population was approximately 3,123,374,315 people[†]