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Cavalry Corps and largest mil garrison (Campo de Mayo) rebel against army high command; Gen Ongania, as rebel spokesman, challenges Guido to choose between dictatorship and democracy; claims strength is growing in armed forces; crisis linked with Cornejo Saravia order that 3 top gens be relieved
Repub conv opens; Sen Mahoney keynoter; speakers include Javits, Dewey, Carlino, Morhouse; illus
groundwork for Buckley-Wagner reconciliation seen laid at NYS Dem conv
HR Appropriations Com approves $1,124,400,000 cut, restoring $300 million in mil aid; bars aid to Communist-governed countries; Asst Sec Harriman scores cut
Nixon urges quarantine of Cuba to halt flow of USSR arms, press conf, Los Angeles
1962Randy Myers, American baseball player[†]
Randall Kirk Myers is an American former professional baseball pitcher who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Mets, Cincinnati Reds, San Diego Padres, Chicago Cubs, Baltimore Orioles, and Toronto Blue Jays, between 1985 and 1998. He batted and threw left-handed.
1962Cheri Oteri, American actress, comedian, and screenwriter[†]
Cheryl Ann Oteri is an American actress and comedian. A Primetime Emmy Award nominee, she is best known for her tenure as a cast member on the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live from 1995 to 2000.
1962Ken Rosenthal, American sportscaster[†]
Ken Rosenthal is an American sportswriter and reporter. He has served as a field reporter for Fox Major League Baseball since 2005, and was an in-studio reporter for MLB Network from 2009 to 2022. Since August 2017, he is a senior baseball writer for The Athletic.
In 1962, the world population was approximately 3,123,374,315 people[†]