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In 1965, the world population was approximately 3,334,533,703 people[†]
1965Dragan Stojković, Serbian footballer and manager[†]
Dragan Stojković, also known by the nickname Piksi (Пикси), is a Serbian football manager and former player who played as a midfielder. He's currently a selector head coach of the Serbia national team. Stojković was a long time captain of the Yugoslavia national team and Red Star Belgrade, and is considered one of the greatest footballers of all-time in Yugoslav and Serbian football.
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Sen com releases Justice Dept rept on FBI probe finding no substantiation of charges by R G Baker assoc D B Reynolds that Pres Johnson and late Sen Kerr sought to win contract for N Amer Aviation. '58 or '59
Police Dept repts bookmakers hire housewives to operate illegel phone services in their homes; women do not take bets but relay to bookmakers phone numbers of bettors; dept aide repts 24 women held; L Marone and S Pushkin held for operating $100,000-a-wk bookmaking operation
Mins Council agrees to merge execs of EEC, Euratom and Coal-Steel Community Jan 1 '66; hq to be in Brussels but Luxembourg to get banking and legal offices; merger indicates readiness of members to transfer increasing amts of natl sovereignty; staffs accept pay rise for 3 mos pending further increases
Adm bill approved by HR com without major changes; includes $1,063,000,000 for pub grade and hss and $200 million for parochial schools
T A Bolan charges then atty gen Kennedy tried to promote Life magazine expose of J R Hoffa, '61, when Hoffa was in legal trouble with Govt, Sen (Long) subcom probing whether Govt agencies violate privacy in enforcing law; says Kennedy sought to have Life pub int with disgruntled Teamsters official S Baron to prejudice pub opinion against Hoffa; repts Life Washington bur chief H Suydam role; Kennedy denies charges; says Baron suggested article, was 'in fear of his life'; magazine ed Thompson backs Kennedy statement
US announces $60-million donation to Special Fund and Expanded Tech Assistance Program; spokesman says US decided to make pledge now to avoid delay in program
Temporary Comm on City Finances backs Rockefeller plans for more state aid
Johnson urges formation, message to Cong
over 100 US jets bomb N Vietnamese munitions depot, Xombang, provide air cover for 60 S Vietnamese bombers to strike at Quangkhe, naval base; raids are 1st that were not retaliatory, were carried out by largest number of planes used in 1 day; Johnson repts 6 planes downed, 5 pilots rescued; US and S Vietnam issue statement on raids; cite new evidence of N Vietnam agression and Vietcong terrorism; appeal to newsmen who know of planned air strikes to refrain from filing such information until missions are completed; US plane illus
Asked by NYC Educ Bd to resign; bd members reptdly consider leadership weak; por
US describes raids as part of 'continuing' effort to resist aggression, does not try to link them to any particular provocations; insists there has been no policy change; implies that raids will continue until N Vietnam ends support for Vietcong; says it hopes, by confining attacks to mil installations, that N Vietnam will stop helping Vietcong without proving direct aggression by Communist China and USSR; Rusk confs with Amb Dobrynin, presumably explains US aims; Johnson confs with Rusk and McNamara; US State and Defense Depts deny repts that more marines will be sent to Vietnam