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August 3, 1962

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GOLDBERG FEARS PLEA TO CUT HOURS; Foresees Strikes if Unions Press for Short Week to Help Make More Jobs GOLDBERG FEARS BID TO CUT HOURS

By John D. Pomfret Special To the New York Times

Goldberg sees noninflationary pact major Adm achievement

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Gets Prison Term for Conspiracy

By Unknown Author

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SOBLEN ORDERED FLOWN TO THE U.S.; But Israeli Line May Balk British on Carrying Spy SOBLEN ORDERED FLOWN TO THE U.S.

By Seth S. King Special To the New York Times

GB refuses to grant asylum to Soblen; orders El Al to fly him to NY; Brooke explains decision, Commons; some Labor MPs oppose ruling; Soblen to go to prison hosp on return to US

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ALGERIA FACTIONS PATCH UP DISPUTE OVER LEADERSHIP; Ben Bella Opponents Accept Political Bureau in Return for Two Concessions UNIT TO GO TO ALGIERS Observers Fear Agreement Will Be Only Temporary Solution of Crisis ALGERIA FACTIONS PATCH UP DISPUPE

By Henry Tanner Special To the New York Times

leadership crisis apparently ends as Boudiaf and Krim agree to 7-man F ol Bur in return for concessions to hold Aug Assembly elections and to call Natl Revolution Council into session a wk later to re-examine Pol Bur make-up; Bitat mediates dispute; Hadj at conf; conferees illus; Pol Bur members are Ben Bella, Boudiaf, Khider, Bitat, Ahmed, B H Alla and M Said

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Governor Thwarts City on Rent Files; Governor Thwarts City on Files By Giving Hogan Rent Records

By Martin Arnold

Acting under the direction of Governor Rockefeller, the State Rent Administrator turned over a fifty-pound carton of rentcontrol records to District Attorney Frank S. Hogan's office yesterday.

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Historical Context for August 3, 1962

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