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NMU to hon ILA picket lines; other maritime unions seen taking like action
Govt plane to cut spending abroad by $1 billion in fiscal '64 and '65 to cut balance-of-payments deficit; mil spending is main issue; details
Austin, Warren R
WASHINGTON, Dec. 25-- Gen. Lucius D. Clay, Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy and others raised almost $3,000,000 in cash this week to make possible completion of the Cuban prisoners' release.
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1962James Kottak, American drummer (died 2024)[†]
James Kottak was an American drummer, best known for his work with the German hard rock band Scorpions, which he joined in 1996. At the time of his firing from the band in 2016, he was their longest-serving drummer. Kottak was also an original member of Kingdom Come, of whom he was their drummer from 1987 to 1989 and again from 2018 to his death in 2024.
1962Mark Starr, English wrestler (died 2013)[†]
Mark Ashford-Smith, best known by his ring name Mark Starr, was an English professional wrestler.
In 1962, the world population was approximately 3,123,374,315 people[†]