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confirmed count of Chulai casualties puts Vietcong dead at 451, wounded at 1,000; Daksut lost to Vietcong; 250 S Vietnamese soldiers believed lost, 50 soldiers, including 8 Amers, escaped; S Vietnam claims victories in 7 small clashes, Mekong Delta; map, US marine illus
white Episc seminarian J M Daniels killed and white RC priest R F Morrisroe critically hurt by shotgun blast, Haneyville, Ala, after being released from jail for civil rights picketing of local stores; Daniels illus; special deputy sheriff T L Coleman charged with 1st-degree murder; witness says both clergymen were shot in front of store while shielding girl accompanying them; Justice Dept spokesman says FBI is probing shootings; State Atty Gen Flowers pledges full-scale probe; Pub Safety Dir Lingo says Coleman called him after shooting; Sheriff F Ryals, others give accts of shooting; Daniels mother informed of son's death
Pros Johnson denounces Negro rioters, likens them to KKK, s, White House Conf on Equal Employment Opportunity; says both are 'destroyers of const rights and liberties and ultimately of free Amer'; revs past rights legis, noting with rights come responsibility and obligation; warns renewed violence could wipe out Negro gains; restates his pledge to assure Negro rights in future; earlier pledged Fed aid to ease tensions and rebuild riot area, lr to Sen Kuchel
Passaic Valley (NJ) Water Comm orders Whippany Paper Bd Co to close major part of its operation in Morris County because of water pollution; co lays off 700
NYC dockers, angered by partial settlement, set up picket lines, halt Santa Paula sailing; fear temporary jobs on few ships will jeopardize unemployment pay; anger seen aimed at MEBA; Grace Line scores walkout; ILA pres Gleason unable to persuade men to work; Calhoon charges MMP reneges on pledge to work passenger ships without contract
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of August 18, 1965, covering August 21, 1965.
The Rolling Stones
The Beatles
The Beach Boys
Herman's Hermits
Soundtrack
1965Jim Bullinger, American baseball player[†]
James Eric Bullinger is an American former professional starting pitcher. He played for the Chicago Cubs (1992-1996), Montreal Expos (1997) and Seattle Mariners (1998) of Major League Baseball (MLB). He batted and threw right-handed. He is the brother of pitcher Kirk Bullinger. Jim Bullinger was converted to a pitcher in the Cubs' farm system, after initially playing as a shortstop. Before going pro, Bullinger played for the University of New Orleans, where his team made it to the 1984 College World Series.
1965The Socialist Republic of Romania is proclaimed, following the adoption of a new constitution.[†]
The Socialist Republic of Romania was a Marxist–Leninist one-party socialist state that existed officially in Romania from 1947 to 1989. From 1947 to 1965, the state was known as the Romanian People's Republic. The country was an Eastern Bloc state and a member of the Warsaw Pact with a dominant role for the Romanian Communist Party enshrined in its constitutions. Geographically, RSR was bordered by the Black Sea to the east, the Soviet Union to the north and east, Hungary and Yugoslavia to the west, and Bulgaria to the south.
In 1965, the world population was approximately 3,334,533,703 people[†]