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The threat that New York City would run out of water next winter was ended yesterday, barring unforeseen difficulties, a spokesman for the Department of Water Supply said last night.
US Steel, Armco Steel and Erie Forge & Steel fined total of $100,000 on charges of fixing prices of parts and castings, NY Fed Ct, after changing pleas from not guilty to no contest
Ryan charges govt decisions are made by pol bargaining
Brown announces $1,770,000 in Fed funds will be applied toward 'work experience program' involving 1,600 parsons to rehabilitate riot area; later meets with King on ways to ease tensions; illus; King says Gov rejected his request for civilian rev bd; says he did not seek Parker's ouster despite 'great evidence' of Negro resentment against Parker and police dept; City Council asks Parker for plans to enlarge 'understaffed' police force; 10,000 Natl Guard troops begin leaving area; 50 policemen exch fire with Black Muslims at mosque; 59 persons arrested, 4 hospitalized
US marines trap about 2,000 guerrillas, Chulai area, 1st major battle involving Amers; kill hundreds; marine casualties called 'light' but appear highest of any Amer unit in 1 battle; guerrillas reptd to be heavily entrenched and armed with recoilless rifles; Vietcong attacks Special Forces camp, Daksut; battle rages, Balong Valley; 39 guerrillas reptd killed; US repts 1,330 Vietcong, 8 Amers and 215 S Vietnamese killed, past wk; map
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of August 18, 1965, covering August 19, 1965.
The Rolling Stones
The Beatles
The Beach Boys
Herman's Hermits
Soundtrack
1965Kevin Dillon, American actor[β ]
Kevin Brady Dillon is an American actor. He is best known for portraying Johnny "Drama" Chase on the HBO comedy series Entourage, Bunny in the war film Platoon, and John Densmore in the musical biopic The Doors. He was nominated for three Primetime Emmy Awards and a Golden Globe Award for his performance on Entourage.
1965Kyra Sedgwick, American actress and producer[β ]
Kyra Minturn Sedgwick is an American film and television actress. She is best known for her starring role as Deputy Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson on the crime drama The Closer (2005β2012), for which she won a Golden Globe in 2007 and an Emmy Award in 2010. She also starred in the 1992 TV film Miss Rose White, which won an Emmy Award. She was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for her performance in the 1995 film Something to Talk About. Sedgwick's other film credits include Oliver Stone's Born on the Fourth of July (1989) and Cameron Crowe's Singles (1992). She also had a recurring role as Madeline Wuntch on the sitcom Brooklyn Nine-Nine.
1965James Tomkins, Australian rower[β ]
James Bruce Tomkins is an Australian rower, seven-time World Champion and a three-time Olympic gold medalist. He is Australia's most awarded oarsman, having made appearances at six Olympic games ; eleven World Championships ; four Rowing World Cups and eighteen state representative King's Cup appearances β the Australian blue riband men's VIII event,. Tomkins is one of only five Australian athletes and four rowers worldwide to compete at six Olympics. From 1990 to 1998 he was the stroke of Australia's prominent world class crew β the coxless four known as the Oarsome Foursome.
1965Japanese prime minister Eisaku SatΕ becomes the first post-World War II sitting prime minister to visit Okinawa Prefecture.[β ]
The prime minister of Japan is the head of government of Japan. The prime minister chairs the Cabinet of Japan and has the ability to select and dismiss its ministers of state. The prime minister also serves as the commander-in-chief of the Japan Self Defence Forces.
In 1965, the world population was approximately 3,334,533,703 people[β ]