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NASA prepares special satellite to study radiation belt
Sanders defeats Griffin for Dem Gov nomination by large margin; election assured; Griffin, despite racist campaign, fails to carry even Dougherty County, site of Albany racial crises; Sanders seen winning even if election had been held under county unit system; Gov Vandiver, who backed Sanders, links burning of 2 Negro chs to Griffin 'incendiary' statements; Repr J C Davis must face C L Weltner in run-off; other results; Negro turnout is heavy
Javits calls for action against USSR, s, NYC
Sens Bush, Miller and Prouty urge warning to USSR that Monroe Doctrine is not dead be added to reserve mobilization bill; Rusk assures HR com closed meeting that US will not permit Cuba to become base for Communist aggression; Voice of Amer broadcasts US view; State Dept officials brief Sen subcom
USSR sources indicate readiness to comply with Western request to use buses instead of armored cars; speculation on alternatives
1962Neal Lancaster, American golfer[†]
Grady Neal Lancaster is an American professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour, Nationwide Tour and the PGA Tour Champions.
1962Tõnu Õnnepalu, Estonian author[†]
Tõnu Õnnepalu, also known by the pen names Emil Tode and Anton Nigov, is an Estonian poet, author and translator.
1962An appeals court orders the University of Mississippi to admit James Meredith, the first African-American student admitted to the segregated university.[†]
James Howard Meredith is an American civil rights activist, writer, political adviser, and United States Air Force veteran who became, in 1962, the first African-American student admitted to the racially segregated University of Mississippi after the intervention of the federal government. Inspired by President John F. Kennedy's inaugural address, Meredith decided to exercise his constitutional rights and apply to the University of Mississippi. His goal was to put pressure on the Kennedy administration to enforce civil rights for African Americans. The admission of Meredith ignited the Ole Miss riot of 1962 where Meredith's life was threatened and 31,000 American servicemen were required to quell the violence – the largest ever invocation of the Insurrection Act of 1807.
In 1962, the world population was approximately 3,123,374,315 people[†]