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Maj Slimane role as key figure in Army backers of Ben Bella noted
H Bigart survey of situation points up Ngo's inability to win peoples' support and improve image of secretive, suspicious dictatorial regime; criticizes his refusal to delegate authority and important role played by his family; speculation on outlook
Cong conf approves $3,744,115,250 NASA authorization bill for fiscal '63, $43,160,750 less than Adm requested; details; NASA asks mfrs bids for bldg lunar landing vehicle
Tuttle suspends Elliott order; King threatens resumption of demonstrations if city continues to refuse to negotiate; Kelley adamant; Negroes to seek preliminary injunction against officials barring interference with demonstrations and Dist Ct order to desegregate pub facilities; police disperse 2,000 Negroes after arrest of 40 and M Rich of CORE who attempted to march on City Hall
Thant outlines plan for econ pressure to force Tshombe to end Katanga secession, UN com; asks members if their Govts wouldback force if plan fails; notes Congo costs; seen unlikely to resort to force lest US purchase of UN bonds be imperiled
1962Carin Bakkum, Dutch tennis player[†]
Carin Bakkum is a Dutch former tennis player. During her career, Bakkum won two ITF singles titles as well as one WTA and 11 ITF doubles titles. She reached a singles ranking high of world number 141 on 27 March 1989, and on 22 June 1987, she reached a doubles ranking high of world number 69.
1962Doug Drabek, American baseball player and coach[†]
Douglas Dean Drabek is a retired American professional baseball pitcher, and a current minor league baseball coach. He is the pitching coach for the Reno Aces, the Triple-A affiliate of the Arizona Diamondbacks of Major League Baseball (MLB). He played in MLB for the New York Yankees, Pittsburgh Pirates, Houston Astros, Chicago White Sox and Baltimore Orioles between 1986 and 1998. Drabek batted and threw right-handed. Known for his fluid pitching motion and sound mechanics, he won the National League Cy Young Award in 1990. Drabek was an MLB All-Star in 1994.
1962Thibaudeau Rinfret, Canadian lawyer and jurist, 9th Chief Justice of Canada (born 1879)[†]
Thibaudeau Rinfret was a Canadian jurist who served as the ninth Chief Justice of Canada from 1944 to 1954 and briefly as Administrator of Canada from January to February 1952. He also served as a puisne justice of the Supreme Court of Canada from 1924 to 1944.
In 1962, the world population was approximately 3,123,374,315 people[†]