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7 ins cos form NY 65 Health Ins Assn to offer nonprofit ins to NYS residents over 65 at costs 10-20% below that of present policies; all over 55 and not in hosp eligible to enroll without med exam for 1st 30 days; details; Supt Thacher approves plan
Min Malinovsky says flights should serve as warning to enemies of USSR; Moscow prepares parade for cosmonauts; Gagarin and Titov at landing reception; Gagarin repts he and Titov participated in launchings; Tass derides H S Truman for doubting veracity of flight repts; Dr A Genin says cosmonauts stood up well to stress when space ships braked for landing; parade preparations illus
he gets resolution, Capitol ceremony; s; text; por; visits Pres Kennedy; lunches with Cong leaders
Chmn Martin bars easier money policy now, com; holds current money mkt 'appropriate' to econ conditions; refuses to predict trend in interest rates; clashes with Reprs Patman and Reuss and Sen Proxmire, who demand easier credit; NY Reserve Bank pres Hayes also opposes using monetary policy to spur econ; denies mkt is 'tight, citing ample lendable reserves in banks; other details
Pol unrest seen major challenge to Alliance for Progress success
1962Gilby Clarke, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer[†]
Gilbert J. Clarke is an American guitarist, singer, songwriter and record producer. He is known for having a three-year tenure as the rhythm guitarist of Guns N' Roses, replacing Izzy Stradlin in 1991 during the Use Your Illusion Tour, and also featured on "The Spaghetti Incident?" (1993). Following this, Clarke went on to forge a solo career as well playing guitar with Slash's Snakepit, Kat Men, Heart, Nancy Sinatra, Kathy Valentine, MC5 and forming his own group Rock Star Supernova with members of Metallica and Mötley Crüe.
1962Dan Dakich, American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster[†]
Daniel John Dakich is an American basketball sportscaster. He is a former player, assistant coach, interim head coach for the Indiana University Hoosiers former head coach at Bowling Green State University and a member of the Indiana Basketball Hall Of Fame. He currently is the host of Don't @ Me on OutKick.
1962Peter Fechter is shot and bleeds to death while trying to cross the new Berlin Wall.[†]
Peter Fechter was a German bricklayer who became the twenty-seventh known person to die at the Berlin Wall. Fechter was 18 years old when he was shot and killed by East German border guards while trying to cross over to West Berlin.
In 1962, the world population was approximately 3,123,374,315 people[†]