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Cabinet resigns after Prado rejects mil leaders demand that elections be annulled because of fraud; he calls elections 'cleanest' in history
USSR rejects Western proposal for 4-power meeting on averting shooting incidents along wall; says West can probe in W Berlin, bars 'interference' in E Berlin; blames West for violence
June personal income $750 million over May, compared to $3.1 billion rise, May-June '61
Sec McNamara says more US units will be rotated for short duty tours without families to help cut dollar deficit, news conf; lauds effort thus far by servicemen and families to help by spending less abroad
GENEVA, July 16 The Soviet Union said at the resumption of the disarmament conference today that it was, as an "act of goodwill," moving toward the West's position on two issues.
1962Nuclear weapons testing: The "Small Boy" test shot Little Feller I becomes the last atmospheric test detonation at the Nevada National Security Site.[†]
Nuclear weapons tests are experiments carried out to determine the performance of nuclear weapons and the effects of their explosion. Nuclear testing is a sensitive political issue. Governments have often performed tests to signal strength. Because of their destruction and fallout, testing has seen opposition by civilians as well as governments, with international bans having been agreed on. Thousands of tests have been performed, with most in the second half of the 20th century.
In 1962, the world population was approximately 3,123,374,315 people[†]