The Week in Finance; Big Board Trading Lacks Conviction; Department Store Sales Gain Likely WEEK IN FINANCE: FORM IS FOLLOWED
Date: 31 December 1962
By JOHN G. FORREST Special to The New York Times
John FORREST
Jeff Flake Birthday, Date of Birth
Jeffry Lane Flake (born December 31, 1962) is an American retired politician and former diplomat who served as a United States senator from Arizona from 2013 to 2019. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served in the United States House of Representatives from 2001 to 2013 and later as the U.S. ambassador to Turkey from 2022 to 2024.
Born in Snowflake, Arizona, Flake attended Brigham Young University, from which he received his Bachelor of Arts degree in international relations, and later his Master of Arts degree in political science. In the early 1980s, he became a missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in South Africa, where he learned to speak Afrikaans. After returning to the United States, Flake served as executive director of the Goldwater Institute, before being elected as a Republican to the House of Representatives from Arizona's 1st congressional district in 2001. He served as the representative for the 1st district until renumbering following the 2000 census redefined the district to be Arizona's 6th congressional district, which he then represented until he entered the Senate in 2013.
Flake sought the Republican nomination for the 2012 Senate election after incumbent Jon Kyl announced his retirement. He defeated Democratic candidate and former United States Surgeon General Richard Carmona in the general election. Flake was one of the bipartisan "Gang of Eight" U.S. senators who pushed an immigration reform bill through the Senate in 2013. He is known as a vocal critic of President Donald Trump, but generally voted in line with Trump's positions. On October 24, 2017, Flake announced that he would not seek re-election in 2018.
Throughout his Senate career, Flake suffered from consistently low approval ratings. In April 2013, less than three months after taking office, he had 32% approval and 51% disapproval ratings. By mid-2017, he dropped to 18% approval and 62% disapproval ratings, but recovered slightly near the end of his term, with 30% approval and 51% disapproval ratings as of July 2018.
On January 29, 2019, Flake was hired by CBS as a contributor for CBS News. He was nominated by Democratic president Joe Biden as ambassador to Turkey and confirmed by the Senate on October 26, 2021. He presented his credentials to Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan at the Presidential Complex of Turkey in Ankara on January 26, 2022.
Read more...- Birthday, Date of Birth
- Monday, December 31, 1962
- Place of Birth
- Snowflake
- Age
- 62
- Star Sign
- ♑
The December 31, 1962 was a Monday under the star sign of ♑. It was the 364 day of the year. President of the United States was John F. Kennedy.
If you were born on this day, you are 62 years old. Your last birthday was on the Tuesday, December 31, 2024, 307 days ago. Your next birthday is on Wednesday, December 31, 2025, in 57 days. You have lived for 22,953 days, or about 550,877 hours, or about 33,052,667 minutes, or about 1,983,160,020 seconds.
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31st of December 1962 News
News as it appeared on the front page of the New York Times on December 31, 1962
REPORTING SCORED BY SCHLESINGER; Accuracy of Popers and of Magazines Is Questioned Chastened by New Post Telephone Replaces Letter
Date: 31 December 1962
By AUSTIN C. WEHRWEIN Special to The New York Times
Austin WEHRWEIN
Prof A Schlesinger Jr charges widespread inaccuracies in reptg, s, Amer Historical Assn
CENSORS KEEPING GRIP OVER WORLD; Curbs on News Flow Show Little Change in Year Much Information Withheld COMMUNIST COUNTRIES MIDDLE EAST NON COMMUNIST EUROPE NON COMMUNIST ASIA AFRICA LATIN AMERICA
Date: 31 December 1962
AP survey of censorship trends, '62
N.Y AWARD DELAY TO AFFECT OSCARS; Film Critics Postpone Vote -Watched by Hollywood Publicists Bely on Awards Appeals by Phone
Date: 31 December 1962
By MURRAY SCHUMACH Special to The New York Times
Murray Special
strike seen affecting Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Acad awards
SPAIN'S LABORERS GET A WAGE RISE; Minimum Pay for Peons Nearly Doubled to $1 18% of Laborers Affected See Parallels Abroad
Date: 31 December 1962
Franco revs econ gains, New Yr broadcast
Letters; Views of Advisers Secrecy Opposed, Leaders Stressed Responsibility Why Not Responsible? Women Peace Strikers Katanga Warfare Feared
Date: 31 December 1962
ARTHUR L. KOBLER.KAY HARDMAN.L. HECQ
Arthur KOBLER
lr deplores UN use of force
U.N. DRIVES ON IN KATANGA, VOWING END OF SECESSION; TSHOMBE OUT OF COUNTRY; RESISTANCE EBBS Key Towns CapturedLeader of Province Remains Defiant To Press for Decision U.N.VOWS TO END KATANGA'S FIGHT Katanga Plains Destroyed African Group Approves 50 Killed at Elisabethville Tshombe Vows to Fight Thant Lauds 'Defensive' Action Katanga Forces Vanish
Date: 31 December 1962
By J. ANTHONY LUKAS Special to The New York Times.Special to The New York Times.By LLOYD GARRISON Special to The New York Times
J. LUKAS
UN troops advance, meet almost no resistance; UN vows to maintain drive till Katanga secession ends; Gardiner comments; drive detailed; UN action and US support backed by Pan African Freedom Movement; protested by demonstrators, Brussels; illus