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tax revision bill signed; Kennedy sees spur to econ but pledges to seek 'over-all' reform
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 16--Baseball's longest season ended today with the New York Yankees still the world champions.
Adoula introduces draft const for fed system giving provs considerable local autonomy but retaining central Govt control over army, finances and foreign policy; submits it to reprs of 17 provs; Katanga does not attend; const drafted by UN aides; provision on minerals seen major concession to Tshombe
Repub Natl Chmn Miller affirms officially that Kennedy Adm 'irresolution' is dominant election issue in US, statement issued by Repub Natl Com; revs alleged mistakes
Wagner plans no early action on proposed pay rises for top officials; cites funds shortage; sees selective rises
1962Glenn Braggs, American baseball player[†]
Glenn Erick Braggs is an American former Major League Baseball and Nippon Professional Baseball outfielder and designated hitter. Braggs was a member of the Cincinnati Reds team that defeated the Oakland Athletics in the 1990 World Series. He is an alumnus of the University of Hawaii at Manoa.
1962Jay Humphries, American basketball player[†]
John Jay Humphries is an American former professional basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He later served as the first head coach of the NBA D-League's Reno Bighorns. He last worked as an assistant coach for the Brooklyn Nets.
1962Mike Judge, American animator, director, screenwriter, producer and actor[†]
Michael Craig Judge is an American actor, animator, writer, producer, and director. He is best known for being the creator of the animated television series Beavis and Butt-Head. He also co-created the television series King of the Hill, The Goode Family (2009), Silicon Valley (2014–2019), Common Side Effects and Mike Judge Presents: Tales from the Tour Bus (2017–2018). He wrote and directed the films Beavis and Butt-Head Do America (1996), Office Space (1999), Idiocracy (2006), and Extract (2009), and co-wrote the screenplay to Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe (2022).
1962Natalia Goncharova, Russian painter, costume designer, and set designer (born 1882)[†]
Natalia Sergeevna Goncharova was a Russian avant-garde artist, painter, costume designer, writer, illustrator, and set designer. Goncharova's lifelong partner was fellow Russian avant-garde artist Mikhail Larionov. She was a founding member of both the Jack of Diamonds (1909–1911), Moscow's first radical independent exhibiting group, the more radical Donkey's Tail (1912–1913), and with Larionov invented Rayonism (1912–1914). She was also a member of the German-based art movement Der Blaue Reiter. Born in Russia, she moved to Paris in 1921 and lived there until her death.
In 1962, the world population was approximately 3,123,374,315 people[†]