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Defense Dept orders strict screening of mil personnel assigned to arms control and handling; USAF has already adopted such precautions; officials confirm sgt threatened to fire pistol at bomb in '58 suicide attempt
US Appeals Ct unanimously upholds right of rrs to make sweeping work rule changes; rejects 5 unions bid for injunction; warns against strikes; unions to seek rehearing; threaten strike if changes are eventually made; planned changes discussed
Pres Kennedy invokes Taft-Hartley Act; names 3-man inquiry bd headed by Prof A M Ross
Budget Dir Bell named Admr; Deputy Admr Coffin to be Acting Admr till late Dec; Kennedy comments; Hamilton hails apptmt; speculation on Bell reorgn of program
1962Ronny Jordan, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2014)[†]
Robert Laurence Albert Simpson, known professionally as Ronny Jordan was a British guitarist and part of the acid jazz movement at the end of the twentieth century. Jordan described his music as "urban jazz", a blend of jazz, hip-hop, and R&B.
1962Andrew McCarthy, American actor and director[†]
Andrew Thomas McCarthy is an American actor, travel writer, and television director. He is most known as a member of the Brat Pack, with roles in 1980s films such as St. Elmo's Fire, Pretty in Pink, Mannequin, and Weekend at Bernie's. He is ranked No. 40 on VH1's 100 Greatest Teen Stars of all-time list. As a director, he is known for his work on Orange Is the New Black.
In 1962, the world population was approximately 3,123,374,315 people[†]