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WASHINGTON, April 29 -Units of the United States Coast Guard have been ordered to South Vietnam to join in coastal patrols to block infiltration of Communist guerrillas and arms.
2,500 US airborne troop reinforcements land, San Isidro; junta reptdly asks US aid to restore order; Marines repulse attack on US Embassy; kill 6 snipers; 1,000 reptd killed in st fighting; USN officer says Marines will bar establishment of Communist regime; diplomats in city back US presence, seek to mediate; 50 known leftists reptdly partaking in revolt; maps
Katzenbach, Dirksen and Mansfield reach accord on substitute bill to be offered to Sen liberals; new measure drops poll tax ban but would require Atty Gen to get Sup Ct ruling on whether poll taxes in state and local elections are const; test cases set for Miss, Ala, Va and Tex; automatic coverage provision also changed to provide stronger safeguards for Negro voting rights; Sen, 86-0, approves Sen J J Williams amendment providing penalities of $10,000 and 5 yrs in jail or both for false data on Fed election regis form
hope for accord expressed, communique; widely divergent views reptd
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Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of April 28, 1965, covering April 30, 1965.
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Herman's Hermits
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The Beach Boys
The Rolling Stones
1965Daniela Costian, Romanian-Australian discus thrower[†]
Daniela Costian is a former Olympic discus throw bronze medallist. She was born in Brăila, Romania, but became an Australian citizen in 1990. She competed in the discus contest at the 1992 Summer Olympics and won the bronze medal. She won a silver medal at the 1993 World Championships in Athletics.
1965Adrian Pasdar, American actor[†]
Adrian Kayvan Pasdar is an American film, television, and voice actor. He is known for his roles in Profit, Near Dark, Carlito's Way, Mysterious Ways, Desperate Housewives, Burn Notice, Heroes and as Glenn Talbot / Graviton on Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.. Additionally, he directed the feature film Cement. He is also known as the voice of Tony Stark / Iron Man in Marvel Anime, as well as in the animated series Ultimate Spider-Man, Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H., Phineas and Ferb: Mission Marvel, and Avengers Assemble, and in the Lego Marvel Superheroes and Disney Infinity videogames. He also played district attorney Alec Rybak on The Lying Game. He has appeared on the American TV drama Grand Hotel as Felix.
In 1965, the world population was approximately 3,334,533,703 people[†]