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PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 6 -- New York City told the Delaware River Basin Commission today that the city could "run out of water by the middle of February, 1966," if adverse conditions continued.
US repts over 3,000 guerrillas killed, 6,000 wounded, July, record for any mo; repts Vietcong attacks down from 80 to 46; puts S Vietnam losses at 3,850; Vietcong continues to batter Ducco; 67 guerrillas killed in heavy fighting with S Vietnamese airborne relief units; Vietcong unit eludes large US-S Vietnamese force, Quangngai
regis bd, in surprise move, names 3 Negro voting clerks and registers over 300 Negroes, Americus; temporarily halted voting tests but later used them upon learning new voting law was not yet effective; D Gregory urges all Negroes regis; illus; Clarke calls bd action 'major step' toward ending protests but vows more demonstrations pressing demand for biracial com
45 Fed examiners, under auspices of Civil Service Comm, depart for South to regis Negroes; about 75 comm employes, all volunteers and all Southerners, have been trained for job
Pres Johnson signs '65 Voting Rights Act
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of August 4, 1965, covering August 7, 1965.
The Beatles
Herman's Hermits
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Barbra Streisand
1965Raul Malo, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer[†]
Raul Francisco Martínez-Malo Jr. is an American singer, songwriter, guitarist and record producer. He is the lead singer of country music band the Mavericks and the co-writer of many of their singles, as well as Rick Trevino's 2003 single "In My Dreams". After the disbanding of the Mavericks in the early 2000s, Malo pursued a solo career. He has also participated from 2001 in the Los Super Seven supergroup. The Mavericks re-formed in 2012 and continue to tour extensively. In 2015, they won the Americana music award for duo/group of the year.
1965Elizabeth Manley, Canadian figure skater[†]
Elizabeth Ann Manley, CM is a Canadian former competitive figure skater. She is the 1988 Olympic silver medallist, the 1988 World silver medalist and a three-time Canadian national champion.
In 1965, the world population was approximately 3,334,533,703 people[†]