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E Ger border police fire on 2 fleeing youths, let 1 bleed to death near wall; 2d escapes; E Gers throw tear gas at angry W Berlin crowd; removal of body illus
US resumes diplomatic ties; resumes econ aid under Alliance for Progress but withholds mil aid; holds junta controls Govt and takes steps toward const govt
Atty Gen Lefkowitz rules Keogh cannot be denied NYS pension, lr to Controller Levitt; holds eligibility dates back to '61
Pres Kennedy, with Sec Udall, visits Fryingpan-Arkansas project; repts he asked Cong to appropriate $600,000 for advanced engineering; denies 'pork barrel expenditure'; lauds Cong authorization; map
Right-Wing commando attack on French security police near Paris linked to Algerian situation
1962Felipe Calderón, Mexican lawyer and politician, 56th President of Mexico[†]
Felipe de Jesús Calderón Hinojosa is a Mexican politician and lawyer who served as the 63rd president of Mexico from 2006 to 2012 and Secretary of Energy during the presidency of Vicente Fox between 2003 and 2004. He was a member of the National Action Party for 30 years before quitting the party in November 2018.
1962Geoff Courtnall, Canadian ice hockey player and coach[†]
Geoffrey Lawton Courtnall is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) from 1983 to 2000. He was the head coach of the Victoria Grizzlies of the British Columbia Hockey League (BCHL) and for the Victoria Vikes of the British Columbia Intercollegiate Hockey League (BCIHL).
1962Adam Storke, American actor[†]
Adam J. Storke is an American actor who has starred in television and film. He is best known for playing Julia Roberts's love interest in the 1988 film Mystic Pizza and as Larry Underwood in the 1994 Stephen King mini series The Stand.
In 1962, the world population was approximately 3,123,374,315 people[†]