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January 5, 1965

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Historical Context for January 5, 1965

In 1965, the world population was approximately 3,334,533,703 people^[†]

Notable Births

1965Vinnie Jones, British footballer and actor^[†]

Vincent Peter Jones is an English actor, presenter, and former professional footballer.

1965Stuart Raper, Australian rugby league player and coach^[†]

Stuart Raper is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer and coach. He has since become a sideline commentator for the NRL with Foxsports. He is widely known for his father being Rugby League legend Johnny Raper and he also is the only Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks coach to win the President's Cup (under-21s) for the club in 1994.

1965Patrik Sjöberg, Swedish high jumper^[†]

Jan Niklas Patrik Sjöberg is a Swedish former high jumper. He broke the world record with 2.42 m in Stockholm on 30 June 1987. This mark is still the European record and ranks him third on the world all-time list behind Javier Sotomayor and Mutaz Essa Barshim. He is also a former two-time world indoor record holder with marks of 2.38 m (1985) and 2.41 m (1987). He is the 1987 World Champion and a three-time Olympic medallist.

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His Verse Reflected Spiritual Despair After First War; Eliot's Verse Expressed Post-World War I Spiritual Despair

By Thomas Lask

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Writer, Born in U.S., Gained Fame With 'The Waste Land'; T.S. Eliot, the American-Born Poet, Dies in London at 76 WON NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE Known to Laymen as Poet of Gray Melancholy -- Also a Playwright and Critic

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PARTY PICKS LONG AS SENATE WHIP; Louisianian Pledges He Will Not Obstruct Johnson -- Mansfield Re-elected

By E.w. Kenworthy

Dems elect R B Long over Pastore and Monroney as majority whip; unanimously re-elect Mansfield majority loader and Smothers as Sen Dem Conf sec; Long elected by coalition of Southerners and Northern liberals led by Anderson and Douglas; liberals support linked to his support of them on econ and soc measures; he reasserts independence but says he will not be obstructionist; Repubs unanimously reelect Dirksen majority leader, Kuchel whip, Saltonstall Repub Conf chmn, Hickenlooper Policy Com Chmn; earlier opposition to Kuchel because of his refusal to back Sen Gold water for Pres in '64 did not materialize when Dirksen, Saltonstall, Aiken joined in support of him; nomination is seconded by Tower, original Goldwater backer

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Murph the Surf Held On a Third Charge; MURPH THE SURF HELD IN 3D CRIME

By Philip H. Dougherty

J R Murphy, suspect in Amer Museum of Natural History jewel theft, held, NYC, for $250 armed robbery and assault at Algonquin Hotel, July '64

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Steingut Offers Program Of 'Minimum' Legislation; Steingut Calls for a Program Of 'Minimum' State Legislation

By R.w. Apple Jr.special To the New York Times

Assemblyman Steingut, offering own legis program, proposes return to free tuition in system as soon as fiscal commitments permit

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WILL GO ABROAD; Stresses Education in Message at Capitol on State of Union President Invites the Soviet Leaders to Visit U.S. and Accept a TV Exchange JOHNSON REPORTS STATE OF NATION In Address to Congress He Stresses Education Aid -- Plans to Go Abroad

By Tom Wickerspecial To the New York Times

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Saigon's Generals Insisting on Control; SAIGON GENERALS INSIST ON CONTROL

By Jack Langguthspecial To the New York Times

young gens reptdly propose to set up mil comm headed by Air Vice Marshal Nguyen Cao Ky to oversee civilian govt; US reptd opposed; Taylor again confs with Tran Van Huong; Buddhist hq repts 500 priests and nuns have begun 24-hr hunger strike in anti-Govt protest

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$400,000 in Heroin Found on Ship Here; $400,000 in Heroin Is Found Cached on Liner France Here

By Martin Arnold

Dr Oliver-Smith hails Rockefeller proposal to set up special vocational training, halfway houses and other special housing for addicts seeking to end habit

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WELFARE HELP IN CITY CURBED BY A WALKOUT; 9 CENTERS CLOSED

By Emanuel Perlmutter

8,000 members of Soc Service Employes Union and Amer Fed of State, County and Munic Employes strike; 9 of dept's 25 welfare centers shut; emergency service given at other 16; 4,500 nonstriking employes cross picket lines; Saypol meditates dispute with city and union aides; welfare centers picketed; 12 phone lines cut, Bronx center; Dumpson claims no substantial hardships suffered by relief recipients; relief checks mailed out; emergency aid given to new applicants; Jr League and Red Cross fill in at child-care centers and home and hosp for aged; Commerce and Indus Assn charges strikers violate law; demands re-exam of Exec Order on collective bargaining; pickets illus

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MALAYSIA READY FOR 'HOT PURSUIT' OF INDONESIAN FOE; Rahman Tells U.N. Situation Grows Worse -- Landing by Guerrillas Balked

By United Press International

Rahman says Malaysia plans 'hot pursuit' retaliation against Indonesian attacks; holds emergency Cabinet meeting; asks GB and other allies to send reinforcements if necessary; informs UN of deteriorating situation; 1st Brit paratroopers arrive; GB flies crews to man reactivated ships; map

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CONGRESS BEGINS; Ford Replaces Halleck as G.O.P. Leader -- Rules Changed CONGRESS BEGINS; G.O.P. PICKS FORD

By John D. Morrisspecial To the New York Times

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