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Kennedy gloomy, repts no progress in Rusk-Gromyko talks, news conf; stresses need to continue negotiations
US Defense Dept repts test detected
Pres Kennedy calls continued Katanga secession Adoula-Tshombe talks failure; fears 'chaos'; pledges support for UN; notes Union Miniere failure to support Central Govt; moderate tone seen effort to avoid rift with GB and others who oppose sanctions
36 killed, 48 hurt in Paris-Marseilles express derailment near Dijon; map
Govt, in move that ends drs strike, agrees to call Legis special session
1962Wilfrid Noyce, English mountaineer and author (born 1917)[†]
Cuthbert Wilfrid Francis Noyce was an English mountaineer and author. He was a member of the 1953 British Expedition that made the first ascent of Mount Everest.
In 1962, the world population was approximately 3,123,374,315 people[†]