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USSR buys $17,000 Lincoln Continental, in name of Gromyko; luxury features described; illus
US mil officers reptd concerned by ltd numbers of aircraft available, tech shortcomings or un suitability of US planes (H W Baldwin rept); certain types of planes transferred from US forces in US and Eur to Vietnam; factors contributing to shortage discussed
Site Selection Bd weighs proposal to build private 500-car garage at Park Av South and 25th St, just N of Madison Sq Pk, as substitute for proposed garage under pk
city to ask Legis for delay till May 13 for budget submission; says there is not enough time to frame program by Apr 29; extension will leave only 6 wks, instead of usual 10, for budget consideration
Wagner promises backers of direct primary that bill will reach Legis floor this session but does not guarantee passage; Rockefeller is said to oppose direct primary and hints veto; pol factors behind stand noted; bill backed by Dem leaders would let candidate who gets 20 or 25% of conv votes to challenge nominee in subseguent primary
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of April 21, 1965, covering April 24, 1965.
Soundtrack
Herman's Hermits
Soundtrack
Roger Miller
The Rolling Stones
1965Jeff Jackson, Canadian ice hockey player and manager[†]
Jeff Jackson is a Canadian ice hockey executive and retired ice hockey winger who is CEO of hockey operations of the Edmonton Oilers of the National Hockey League (NHL). Jackson played 263 games in the NHL for the Toronto Maple Leafs, New York Rangers, Quebec Nordiques, and Chicago Blackhawks.
1965Louise Dresser, American actress (born 1878)[†]
Louise Dresser was an American actress. She is perhaps best known for her roles in the many films in which she played the wife of Will Rogers, including State Fair and David Harum.
1965Civil war breaks out in the Dominican Republic when Colonel Francisco Caamaño overthrows the triumvirate that had been in power since the coup d'état against Juan Bosch.[†]
The Dominican Civil War, also known as the April Revolution, took place between April 24, 1965, and September 3, 1965, in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. It started when civilian and military supporters of the overthrown democratically elected president Juan Bosch ousted the militarily installed president Donald Reid Cabral from office. The second coup prompted General Elías Wessin y Wessin to organize elements of the military loyal to the dictator Reid ("loyalists"), initiating an armed campaign against the "constitutionalist" rebels.
In 1965, the world population was approximately 3,334,533,703 people[†]