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November 18, 1962

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Headlines from November 18, 1962

WORKERS LEARN GREATER SKILLS; Industrial Retraining Helps Employes Move Along to More Technical Jobs ELECTRONICS IN LEAD Automation Displaces Many People, but the Total Is Expected to Mount Eliminates Jobs WORKERS LEARN GREATER SKILLS Automation Displaces Many Employes, but Job Total Is Expected to Climb Suspicion Noted Displacements Seen

By William M. Freeman

Article on indus efforts to retrain workers for automation; automation seen creating more jobs than it eliminates; Amer Mgt Assn plans seminars on personnel problems of automation; illus

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3 CUBANS SEIZED WITH ARMS HERE IN SABOTAGE PLOT; Prisoners and Weapons in the Cuban Sabotage Case 3 CUBANS SEIZED IN SABOTAGE PLOT Explosives in Safe 3 Grenades on Display Cartridges Shown Separately Suspect Impassive

By Milton Brackerthe New York Times

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Realty Brokers See Themselves Beset by New Anti-Bias Laws; Legislation Discussed REALTY MEN SEE MORE BIAS LAWS Executive Order Cited

By Dennis Duggan Special To the New York Times

DETROIT, Nov. 17--Real estate brokers can expect to find themselves increasingly involved in the growing controversy over housing integration as various groups press for anti-bias legislation in different parts of the country.

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A 3-Stage Building Nears Completion; 3-STAGE BUILDING NEARLY FINISHED Name Has Changed

By Glenn Fowler

20-story bldg built in 3 stages on site of old Hippodrome Theatre nears completion

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'RISKLESS' ISSUES ARE REAPPRAISED; Real Estate Stocks Average 35% Below Start of Year Interests Sold 'RISKLESS' ISSUES ARE REAPPRAISED A New Type Another Weakness Taxed as Corporations

By Clyde H. Farnsworth

A year ago real estate shares were being promoted excitedly as a nearly riskless medium for getting rich in the stock market

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Notable Births

1962Bart Bryant, American golfer^[†]

Barton Holan Bryant was an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour and PGA Tour Champions.

1962Tim Guinee, American actor^[†]

Timothy S. Guinee is an American stage, television, and feature-film actor. Primarily known for his roles as Tomin in the television series Stargate SG-1 (1997–2007) and railroad entrepreneur Collis Huntington in Hell on Wheels (2011–2016), he appeared in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) feature films Iron Man (2008) and Iron Man 2 (2010) as United States Air Force Major Allen, and as struggling father and retired major Clay Wilson in the first season of the streaming television series The Punisher (2017–2019).

1962Kirk Hammett, American guitarist, songwriter, member of the thrash metal band Metallica^[†]

Kirk Lee Hammett is an American musician who has been the lead guitarist of heavy metal band Metallica since 1983. Prior to joining Metallica, he co-formed the thrash metal band Exodus in 1979. In 2023, Hammett, along with bandmate James Hetfield, was ranked 23rd on Rolling Stone's list of Greatest Guitarists of All Time. In 2009, Hammett was ranked number 15 in Joel McIver's book The 100 Greatest Metal Guitarists.

1962Jamie Moyer, American baseball player^[†]

Jamie Moyer is an American former professional baseball pitcher. Over his 25-year career in Major League Baseball (MLB), Moyer pitched for the Chicago Cubs, Texas Rangers, St. Louis Cardinals, Baltimore Orioles, Boston Red Sox, Seattle Mariners, Philadelphia Phillies, and Colorado Rockies.

Notable Deaths

1962Niels Bohr, Danish footballer, physicist, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1885)^[†]

Niels Henrik David Bohr was a Danish theoretical physicist who made foundational contributions to understanding atomic structure and quantum theory, for which he received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1922. Bohr was also a philosopher and a promoter of scientific research.

Historical Context for November 18, 1962

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