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October 4, 1962

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Headlines from October 4, 1962

SCHIRRA ORBITS EARTH SIX TIMES, LANDING NEAR CARRIER IN PACIFIC AFTER ALMOST FLAWLESS FLIGHT; A LONGER TRIP DUE Feat Prompts Space Agency to Schedule 17-Circuit Mission Schirra Orbits Earth 6 Times and Lands Near Carrier in Pacific; Flight Goes Smoothly WAY NOW CLEARED FOR 17 CIRCUITS Space Agency Announces a 24-Hour Mission for Sometime in Winter

By Richard Witkin Special To the New York Times

orbits earth 6 times, lands safely in Pacific Ocean and is picked up by carrier Kearsarge in Mercury capsule

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Senate Investigators Sent to Mississippi; 3 SENATE AGENTS GO TO MISSISSIPPI

By Unknown Author

WASHINGTON, Oct. 3-- Investigators for two Senate committees have been sent to Oxford, Miss., to look into the situation created by the troopenforced admission of a Negro to the formerly all-white University of Mississippi.

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MEREDITH PLANS TO LEAVE CAMPUS; His Absence During Football Game Saturday Expected to Reduce Tension MEREDITH PLANS TO LEAVE CAMPUS

By Claude Sitton Special To the New York Times

OXFORD, Miss., Oct. 3--University of Mississippi officials went ahead today with plans for a football game Saturday despite continuing unrest over the enrollment of James H. Meredith, a Negro.

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LABORITES DECRY TERMS ON MARKET; Back Gaitskell Demand for 5 Drastic Provisos Believed Certain to Be Rejected LABORITES DECRY TERMS ON MARKET

By Drew Middleton Special To the New York Times

safeguards for Brit agr demanded by Brit Labor party as condition for Brit entry

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City Charges Bias To Park Ave. Co-op; PARK AVE. CO-OP ACCUSED OF BIAS

By John Wicklein

The City Commission on Human Rights has found that the president of Temple EmanuEl, one of the largest Jewish houses of worship in the world, has been denied the right to purchase a cooperative apartment on Park Avenue because of his religion.

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Notable Births

1962Carlos Carsolio, Mexican mountaineer^[†]

Carlos Carsolio Larrea is a Mexican mountain climber. Carsolio is known for being the fourth man and the second youngest to climb the world's 14 eight-thousanders, all of them without supplemental oxygen.

Historical Context for October 4, 1962

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