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October 3, 1962

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Headlines from October 3, 1962

U.S. TELLS LATINS IT WILL TAKE LEAD TO COUNTER REDS; Rusk, at Talk on Cuba Issue, Stresses Political Efforts --Meeting Ends Today U.S. Tells Latins It Is Prepared To Lead Efforts to Counter Reds

By Tad Szulc Special To the New York Times

informal inter-Amer foreign mins conf opens, Washington; Rusk reptdly assures delegates US will take lead in preventing Communism spread from Cuba; Kennedy stresses getting rid of Castro, s, White House luncheon; delegates indicate accord on pol dangers of Castro; illus

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BARNETT CONTEMPT CASE PUT OFF, COURT CLEARS UNIVERSITY'S AIDES; CAMPUS CALM, 3,500 TROOPS LEAVE; HEATING OCT. 12 Lieut. Gov. Johnson Also Gets Delay-- 8 Judges Confer Barnett's Contempt Case Is Put Off as Court Clears officials of Mississippi U. FURTHER HEARING IS SET FOR OCT.12 Date Chosen as the Earliest Practicable for 8 Judges-- Governor Stays Away

By Foster Hailey Special To the New York Times

US Appeals Ct finds univ officials (Williams, Lewis, Ellis and trustees bd exec sec Jobe) complying with ct orders; dismisses contempt actions pending against them; refuses to dismiss proceedings against Barnett and Johnson; sets new hearing for Oct 12; neither present but both represented by attys for 1st time, indicating they now acknowledge ct's jurisdiction; attys include State Atty Gen Patterson and Satterfield; argue that Barnett and Johnson have purged selves of contempt; disputed by Govt and Meredith attys; also argue that Fed Dist Ct, not Appeals Ct, has jurisdiction in case; Walker ordered to submit to psychiatric exam; his attys, including ex-Brig Gen Watts, oppose move, will ask ct to free him, order him not to cooperate with drs; he denies leading any overt action against Fed officers; R Morris weighs bid to be his atty

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Notable Births

Tommy Lee

1962Tommy Lee, Greek-American singer-songwriter, drummer, and producer[†]

Thomas Lee is an American musician who co-founded and plays drums for the heavy metal band Mötley Crüe. He also founded rap metal band Methods of Mayhem and has pursued solo musical projects.

Simon Scarrow

1962Simon Scarrow, Nigerian-English novelist[†]

Simon Scarrow is a British writer. Scarrow completed a master's degree at the University of East Anglia after working at the Inland Revenue, and then went into teaching as a lecturer, firstly at East Norfolk Sixth Form College, then at City College Norwich.

Historical Events

Project Mercury

1962Project Mercury: US astronaut Wally Schirra, in Sigma 7, is launched from Cape Canaveral for a six-orbit flight.[†]

Project Mercury was the first human spaceflight program of the United States, running from 1958 through 1963. An early highlight of the Space Race, its goal was to put a man into Earth orbit and return him safely, ideally before the Soviet Union. Taken over from the US Air Force by the newly created civilian space agency NASA, it conducted 20 uncrewed developmental flights, and six successful flights by astronauts. The program, which took its name from Roman mythology, cost $2.76 billion. The astronauts were collectively known as the "Mercury Seven", and each spacecraft was given a name ending with a "7" by its pilot.

Historical Context for October 3, 1962

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