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NYS Pub Works Dept, acting as result of grand jury probe of Sentinal Investigation Service, bars it from supplying guards to NYS construction work and holds up $200,000 in payments to co; orders all contractors to end subcontracting of watchmen services at construction sites and hire own watchmen
New tr of Pentateuch from traditional Masoretic text into Eng by leading Jewish scholars to be pub in Jan, NYC; 3d Commandment changed from 'Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain...' to 'You shall not swear falsely by the name of the Lord your God...,' making it injunction against perjury, not profanity; story on exodus from Egypt changed in that Israelites are demand to have crossed not Red Sea but marshes N of it; map; ed-in-chief Prof Orlinsky comments; says aim was accurate rendering of sense instead of word-for-word tr; illus; assoc eds listed; tr was begun 8 yrs ago; is part of 20-yr project to tr and pub entire Old Testament and Commentaries and pub related works, to be completed in '75
Pope opens 21st Ecumenical Council; outlines aims, s, St Peter's Basilica; illus
Kennedy Adm warnings of serious crisis discussed; allies divided on danger; speculation
NYC Estimate Bd approves $1.25 minimum wage bill; Wagner lauds it; says 4 US Labor Dept experts will set up city's adm machinery
1962Carlos Bernard, American actor and director[†]
Carlos Bernard Papierski is an American actor and director, best known for his role as Tony Almeida in 24, which he played from 2001 to 2006, and then reprised again in 2009, 2014 in 24: Solitary and 2017 in 24: Legacy. He received a fine arts degree from American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco after receiving an undergraduate degree from Illinois State University.
1962Michelle Botes, South African actress (died 2024)[†]
Michélle Botes was a South African actress, language instructor, designer and aromatherapist. She is best known for her roles in the television soapies Legacy (2020), Isidingo (1998) and Arende (1994).
1962Chris Botti, American trumpet player and composer[†]
Christopher Stephen Botti is an American trumpeter and composer.
1962John Coleman, English footballer and manager[†]
John Coleman is an English football manager and former player. He is currently the manager of League of Ireland Premier Division side Waterford.
1962Branko Crvenkovski, Macedonian engineer and politician, 3rd President of the Republic of Macedonia[†]
Branko Crvenkovski is a Macedonian politician who served as the President of Macedonia from 2004 to 2009. He previously served as Prime Minister of Macedonia from 1992 to 1998 and from 2002 to 2004.
1962Deborah Foreman, American actress and photographer[†]
Deborah Lynn Foreman is an American photographer and actress. She is perhaps best known for her starring role in the 1983 film Valley Girl opposite Nicolas Cage. She is also regarded as a scream queen and known for playing in various horror films of the 1980s, such as April Fool's Day, Waxwork, Destroyer and Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat.
1962Mads Eriksen, Norwegian guitarist and composer[†]
Mads Eriksen is a Norwegian guitarist and composer, known as solo artist and for his collaboration with Chris Thompson among others.
1962The Columbus Day Storm strikes the U.S. Pacific Northwest with record wind velocities. There was at least U.S. $230 million in damages and 46 people died.[†]
The Columbus Day storm of 1962 was a Pacific Northwest windstorm that struck the West Coast of Canada and the Pacific Northwest coast of the United States on October 12, 1962. Typhoon Freda was the twenty-eighth tropical depression, the twenty-third tropical storm, and the eighteenth typhoon of the 1962 Pacific typhoon season. Freda originated from a tropical disturbance over the Northwest Pacific on September 28. On October 3, the system strengthened into a tropical storm and was given the name Freda, before becoming a typhoon later that day, while moving northeastward. The storm quickly intensified, reaching its peak as a Category 3-equivalent typhoon on October 5, with maximum 1-minute sustained winds of 115 mph (185 km/h) and a minimum central pressure of 948 millibars (28.0 inHg). Freda maintained its intensity for another day, before beginning to gradually weaken, later on October 6. On October 9, Freda weakened into a tropical storm, before transitioning into an extratropical cyclone on the next day. On October 11, Freda turned eastward and accelerated across the North Pacific, before striking the Pacific Northwest on the next day. On October 13, the cyclone made landfall on Washington and Vancouver Island, and then curved northwestward. Afterward, the system moved into Canada and weakened, before being absorbed by another developing storm to the south on October 17.
In 1962, the world population was approximately 3,123,374,315 people[†]