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Mayor Wagner will outline tomorrow night a plan for more effective deployment of New York's 25,000-man police force.
G T Rowe Jr, previously called suspect in slaying of civil rights worker Mrs V Liuzzo, revealed to be FBI undercover agent; testifies before grand jury, Hayneville; FBI agents guard him; he has been paid informer for FBI since '59 on KKK activities; L Moton, who was in car with Liuzzo, also testifies
Shastri says US must halt bombing to make Johnson's reply to nonaligned nations meaningful
NYS, Conn and NY,NH&H officials agree on $4.5-million plan to continue NY,NH&H commuter service at least 18 mos while permanent solution is worked out; Fed Govt, which would contribute $3 million, must give formal approval; Dr Ronan sees no problems arising; plan covers only NYC runs from New Haven, New Canaan and Danbury; rr would get $2.1 million in 1st yr and $1.25 million for next 6 mos; will get total tax relief in both states, $650,000 for rehabilitation of old cars, $500,000 for adm of demonstration programs; Acting NYS Gov Wilson, trustee R J Smith comment; correction on Apr 16 dispatch which erroneously reptd that rr chief Counsel J Auerbach had characterized as 'grandstand play' ICC Comr Tucker's suggestion that he might mediate dispute
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of April 21, 1965, covering April 21, 1965.
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Herman's Hermits
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Roger Miller
The Rolling Stones
1965Fiona Kelleghan, American academic, critic and librarian[†]
Fiona Kelleghan is an American academic and critic specializing in science fiction and fantasy. She was a metadata librarian and a cataloguer at the University of Miami's Otto G. Richter Library. She left the university in 2011.
1965Edward Victor Appleton, English-Scottish physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1892)[†]
Sir Edward Victor Appleton was an English atmospheric physicist who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1947 "for his investigations of the physics of the upper atmosphere especially for the discovery of the so-called Appleton layer".
1965The 1964–1965 New York World's Fair opens for its second and final season.[†]
The 1964 New York World's Fair was an international exposition at Flushing Meadows–Corona Park in Queens, New York City, United States. The fair included exhibitions, activities, performances, films, art, and food presented by 80 nations, 24 U.S. states, and nearly 350 American companies. The five sections of the 646-acre (261 ha) fairground were the Federal and State, International, Transportation, Lake Amusement, and Industrial areas. The fair's theme was "Peace through Understanding", and its symbol was the Unisphere, a stainless-steel model of Earth. Initially, the fair had 139 pavilions, and 34 concessions and shows.
In 1965, the world population was approximately 3,334,533,703 people[†]