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French sources indicate de Gaulle will reject offer as hampering development of ind nuclear force; speculation
India-Pakistan talks start; speculation; Indians reptd irked by Pakistani-Chinese border pact
Khrushchev, replying to Adenauer Aug lr asking for end to incidents along wall, asks for 'normalization of situation' in Berlin through peace treaty; proposes again that UN troops be stationed in W Berlin; charges Adenauer blocks settlement
MIAMI, Fla., Dec. 27--Relatives of the ransomed Cuban prisoners airlifted to Miami from Cuba last weekend arrived this morning in Port Everglades, about 30 miles north of Miami, aboard the freighter African Pilot.
confs; illus; receives Israeli Foreign Min Meir; plans cruise on Honey Fitz
1962Michel Petrucciani, French jazz pianist (died 1999)[†]
Michel Petrucciani was a French jazz pianist. From birth he had osteogenesis imperfecta, a genetic disease that causes brittle bones and, in his case, short stature. Despite his health condition and relatively short life, he became one of the most accomplished jazz pianists of his generation.
In 1962, the world population was approximately 3,123,374,315 people[†]