CONGRESS TO VOTE 118 BILLION IN '65; Total to Be 12 Billion Over Last Year's -- Rise Largest Since the Korean War
HR com approves $6.2-billion bill
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HR com approves $6.2-billion bill
Sen R F Kennedy proposes US invite Communist China to Geneva disarmament conf, s, Sen; lauds some aspects of Johnson Adm disarmament policy but indirectly criticizes proposed nonproliferation treaty because it would permit NATO nuclear force; proposal on China backed by Sen Mansfield; State Dept cool; Sen Javits comments
Operation Bowery dir Chase repts city will build derelict rehabilitation center, N Bro Is, to give vocational training and long-term treatment of alcoholism; short-term detoxification center planned for Bowery; arrests for drunkenness seen cut; police will take derelicts to Bowery center if NYC corp counsel finds procedure legal
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comments on polls, Liberal dinner; notes he is attacked by both Beame and Buckley; earlier spoke on Haryou-Act and slum housing, Harlem; said his campaign has raised $1.3 million; spoke on murder and apathy, midtown Manhattan; called F D Roosevelt Jr Beame's 'hatchet man'; Gen Eisenhower backs Lindsay; says victory would aid party nationally
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of October 13, 1965, covering October 14, 1965.
The Beatles
Sonny & Cher
Ramsey Lewis Trio
Soundtrack
Bob Dylan
1965Steve Coogan, English actor, comedian, producer, and screenwriter[†]
Stephen John Coogan is an English-Irish actor, comedian, screenwriter and producer. His accolades include four BAFTA Awards and three British Comedy Awards, and nominations for two Academy Awards and a Golden Globe Award. He is best known for his character Alan Partridge, a socially inept and politically incorrect media personality, which he developed while working with Armando Iannucci and Chris Morris on On the Hour (1991–1992) and The Day Today (1994). Partridge has featured in several television series, such as I'm Alan Partridge (1997–2002), and the film Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa (2013).
1965Jüri Jaanson, Estonian rower and politician[†]
Jüri Jaanson is the most successful Estonian rower of all time and the winner of five medals at World Rowing Championships.
1965Constantine Koukias, Greek-Australian flute player and composer[†]
Constantine Koukias is a Tasmanian composer and opera director of Greek ancestry based in Amsterdam, where he is known by his Greek name of Konstantin Koukias. He is the co-founder and artistic director of IHOS Music Theatre and Opera, which was established in 1990 in Tasmania's capital city, Hobart.
1965Karyn White, American singer-songwriter[†]
Karyn Layvonne White is an American singer who was popular during the late 1980s and early 1990s. She is known for several hit singles including "Superwoman" (1988), "Secret Rendezvous" (1989), "The Way You Love Me" (1988), and the U.S. Hot 100 No. 1 single "Romantic" (1991).
1965William Hogenson, American sprinter (born 1884)[†]
William P. Hogenson was an American athlete and sprinter, who competed in the early twentieth century. He won a silver medal in Athletics at the 1904 Summer Olympics in the men's 60 m dash, but was beaten by Archie Hahn, who took gold. He also won two bronze medals, over 100 m and 200 m, both distances won by Archie Hahn of the United States.
1965Randall Jarrell, American poet and author (born 1914)[†]
Randall Jarrell jə-REL was an American poet, literary critic, children's author, essayist, and novelist. He was the 11th Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress—a position that now bears the title Poet Laureate of the United States.
In 1965, the world population was approximately 3,334,533,703 people[†]