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Pres tours defense installations; visits SAC CP at Offutt Base, Neb; illus; flies to NM; visits AEC lab, Los Alamos, and Sandia Corp labs, Albuquerque
LONDON, Dec. 7 Any United States decision to abandon the Skybolt ballistic missile would cause widespread "despondency" in the British Government and harm the relations between the two Governments, qualified sources said here tonight.
NAM presents Alpha Kappa Psi distinguished service award to W M Upchurch Jr
Agrees to retire in fall '63; por
1962Steve Elkington, Australian-American golfer[†]
Stephen John Elkington is an Australian professional golfer on the PGA Tour Champions. Formerly on the PGA Tour, he spent more than fifty weeks in the top-10 of the Official World Golf Ranking from 1995 to 1998. Elkington won a major title at the PGA Championship in 1995, and is a two-time winner of The Players Championship.
1962Marty Friedman, American-Japanese guitarist, songwriter, and television host[†]
Martin Adam Friedman is an American guitarist, best known for his tenure as the lead guitarist of thrash metal band Megadeth from 1990 to 2000. He is also known for playing alongside Jason Becker in Cacophony from 1986 until 1989, as well as his 13 solo albums and tours. Friedman has resided in Tokyo since 2003, where he has appeared on over 700 Japanese television programs such as Rock Fujiyama, Hebimeta-san, Kōhaku Uta Gassen and Jukebox English. He has released albums with several record labels, including Avex Trax, Universal, EMI, Prosthetic, and Shrapnel Records.
1962Nikos Karageorgiou, Greek footballer and manager[†]
Nikos Karageorgiou is a Greek professional football manager and former player.
1962Berry van Aerle, Dutch footballer[†]
Hubertus Aegidius Hermanus "Berry" van Aerle is a Dutch former professional footballer who played mainly as a right-back but also as a midfielder.
1962Workers at four New York City newspapers (this later increases to nine) go on strike for 114 days.[†]
The 1962–1963 New York City newspaper strike was a strike action within the newspaper industry of New York City which ran from December 8, 1962 until March 31, 1963, lasting for a total of 114 days. Besides protesting low wages, the unions were resisting automation of the printing presses.
In 1962, the world population was approximately 3,123,374,315 people[†]