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April 15, 1965

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Headlines from April 15, 1965

Aid Fund Sent to Senate; Panel Asks New Approach; 2-YEAR AID FUND SENT TO SENATE

By Felix Belair Jr

com, 14-1, approves authorization bill calling for $3,352,170,000 in each of next 2 fiscal yrs; would give Adm legis mandate to submit new approach to aid by July 1 '66 on basis of recommendations of 12-man com; rejects, 10-3, Morse proposal to cut bill $250 million and let Pres decide where to apply cuts; Fulbright sets 2-yr authorization as price for accepting Morse plan for planning com; com cuts $19.2 million from aid to countries building larger defense establishments than they can support; sets $2.18-billion ceiling on econ aid and $1.17 billion on mil aid

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SALES TAX PASSED; Few Changes Made In $3.48 Billion Rockefeller Plan

By Sydney H. Schanberg

Legis passes $3.48 billion budget 14 days after const deadline; sales tax is approved 1st, then rest of revenue and appropriation bills; passage achieved by coalition of Repubs and NYC Dems; Rockefeller signs bills; hails budget; disputed by Levitt; budget passage avoids serious default on several state bills due

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G.O.P. PLAN VOIDED; Constitution Is Cited as Requiring 150 Seats in Assembly State's Legislative Reapportionment Law Is Struck Down by the Court of Appeals CASE LIKELY TO GO TO SUPREME COURT But Ruling Holds That It Is Up to the Legislature to Enact a New Formula

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

Appeals Ct ruling that Legis reapportionment Plan 'A' is unconst requires that const conv be called to make any new formula drawn up by Legis permanent

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Oceanic Is Picketed By Union and Hailed By Port on Arrival; OCEANIC PICKETED ON ARRIVAL HERE

By Edward A. Morrow

NMU pickets liner Oceanic (Home Lines) on maiden arrival, NYC, to protest Panamanian regis; charges ship is unsafe; illus; line officials surprised; note co is not Amer-owned and ship was built to Amer Shipping Bur standards; NMU drive seen aimed at ousting foreign-flag liners from US cruise trade; NMU pres Curran repts most pickets unemployed seamen; charges ship has substandard safety

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U.S. URGES HANOI TO ANSWER PLEA BY NEUTRAL LANDS; Also Asks Soviet and China to Reply to Bid for Talks Without Preconditions

By Max Frankel

US urges Communist nations and especially N Vietnam to reply to nonaligned nations appeal; State Dept says N Vietnamese peace formula is being carefully studied; other officials say proposlas would lead to rapid Communist take-over of S Vietnam and are unacceptable

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of April 14, 1965, covering April 15, 1965.

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Mary Poppins
Soundtrack
Last week
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Peak
1
Weeks
29
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Goldfinger
Soundtrack
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Peak
1
Weeks
19
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Introducing Herman's Hermits
Herman's Hermits
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Peak
3
Weeks
9
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The Return Of Roger Miller
Roger Miller
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Peak
4
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11
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Blue Midnight
Bert Kaempfert And His Orchestra
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Peak
5
Weeks
13

Notable Births

1965Soichi Noguchi, Japanese engineer and astronaut^[†]

Soichi Noguchi is a Japanese aeronautical engineer and former JAXA astronaut. His first spaceflight was as a mission specialist aboard STS-114 on 26 July 2005 for NASA's first "return to flight" Space Shuttle mission after the Columbia disaster. He was also in space as part of the Soyuz TMA-17 crew and Expedition 22 to the International Space Station (ISS), returning to Earth on 2 June 2010. He is the sixth Japanese astronaut to fly in space, the fifth to fly on the Space Shuttle, and the first to fly on Crew Dragon.

1965Linda Perry, American singer-songwriter, musician and record producer^[†]

Linda Perry is an American singer-songwriter, musician, and record producer. She is the lead singer and primary songwriter of 4 Non Blondes, including their 1993 hit "What's Up?". She has since founded two record labels and composed and produced songs for other artists, which include: "Beautiful" by Christina Aguilera; "What You Waiting For?" by Gwen Stefani; and "Get the Party Started" by Pink. Perry also contributed to albums by Adele, Alicia Keys, and Courtney Love, as well as signing and distributing James Blunt in the United States. Perry was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2015.

1965Kevin Stevens, American ice hockey player^[†]

Kevin Michael Stevens is an American former ice hockey player and current scout in the National Hockey League (NHL). He played left wing on a line with Mario Lemieux during the Pittsburgh Penguins' Stanley Cup championships in 1991 and 1992. During his career, he also played with the Boston Bruins, Los Angeles Kings, New York Rangers, and Philadelphia Flyers. In 2017, Stevens was named Special Assignment Scout with the Penguins hockey organization.

Historical Context for April 15, 1965

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

Headlines from April 15, 1965

Aid Fund Sent to Senate; Panel Asks New Approach; 2-YEAR AID FUND SENT TO SENATE

SALES TAX PASSED; Few Changes Made In $3.48 Billion Rockefeller Plan

G.O.P. PLAN VOIDED; Constitution Is Cited as Requiring 150 Seats in Assembly State's Legislative Reapportionment Law Is Struck Down by the Court of Appeals CASE LIKELY TO GO TO SUPREME COURT But Ruling Holds That It Is Up to the Legislature to Enact a New Formula

Oceanic Is Picketed By Union and Hailed By Port on Arrival; OCEANIC PICKETED ON ARRIVAL HERE

U.S. URGES HANOI TO ANSWER PLEA BY NEUTRAL LANDS; Also Asks Soviet and China to Reply to Bid for Talks Without Preconditions

Mary Poppins

Goldfinger

Introducing Herman's Hermits

The Return Of Roger Miller

Blue Midnight

Notable Births

Historical Context for April 15, 1965