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July 15, 1962

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Headlines from July 15, 1962

Sports News; BASEBALL

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U.S. IS WEIGHING PAYMENTS MOVE; Sale by Export-Import Bank of Foreign Notes Abroad Would Bring in Dollars U.S. IS WEIGHING PAYMENTS MOVE

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Govt weighs sale of about $100 million in notes to Eur private investors to ease payments deficit

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Theft of Oil by Slanted Drilling Implicates 100 in Texas Inquiry; TEXAS IS JARRED BY INQUIRY ON OIL

By David Binder Special To the New York Times

Tex probe of illegal slant-hole drilling implicates over 100 ind operators, is biggest oil probe in state's history; slant-hole drilling methods discussed; Tex RR Comm orders pumping halted on leases having slant-hole wells; Fed and private co investigators aid probe; big cos paid some $145,000 toward costs of deviation tests; tests described; illus; drawing

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Consumer to Get a Voice Soon Through White House Council; CONSUMER GROUP TO BE APPOINTED

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council to be created by Kennedy order; to work with Econ Advisers Council; background revd

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Psychiatric Standards Relaxed For Armed Services' Recruits; SERVICES RELAX MENTAL CRITERIA

By Emma Harrison

Surgeon Gen's office repts services accept men with some emotional and mental problems that have not incapacitated them in civilian life

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Notable Births

1962Nikos Filippou, Greek basketball player and manager^[†]

Nikolaos "Nikos" Filippou is a retired Greek professional basketball player. At a height of 2.02 m, he played at the power forward position..

1962Michelle Ford, Australian swimmer^[†]

Michelle Jan Ford is an Australian former long-distance freestyle and butterfly swimmer of the 1970s and 1980s, who won a gold medal in the 800-metre freestyle, bronze in the 200-metre butterfly, and 4th in the 400-metres freestyle at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. She was the only non-Eastern Bloc female swimmer to win an individual gold medal at the 1980 games. She also set two world records in her career, and was the first Australian woman to win individual Olympic medals in two distinct specialised strokes.

Historical Context for July 15, 1962

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