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October 24, 1965

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Headlines from October 24, 1965

Glass Dome for Shea Stadium? Mets Object; Project Would Cost $9 Million and Add 14,000 Seats DOME IS PROPOSED AT SHEA STADIUM

By Paul L. Montgomery

Huntsville, Ala

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Beame Aide Says Margin Could Run 'Over 100,000'; BEAME AIDE TALKS OF 100,000 MARGIN

By Richard L. Madden

Beame issues paper on computerized city mgt; stumps Bklyn; s on civil rights; answers Presb Ch wire; Ryan appears on 'Ream team' platform for 1st time but fails to back Beame

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JOHNSON TO PRESS CONGRESS IN 1966 FOR RENT SUBSIDY; He Deplores the Refusal to Provide Funds to Help Low-Income Families FLIES TO TEXAS RANCH President Meets Mansfield After Congress Adjourns, Also Talks With Rusk JOHNSON TO PRESS r FOR REHT SUBSIDY

By John D. Pomfretspecial To the New York Times

Pres Johnson urges officials planning White House rights confs, Nov and spring, to probe all barriers to Negroes

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Raitt Will Make 'A Joyful Noise'; Raitt Will Make 'A Joyful Noise'

By Lewis Funke

JOHN RAITT, that towering portrait of masculinity, has found himself a new role. Currently touring as the incorrigible Billy Bigelow of "Carousel," Mr. Raitt has decided he would like very much to be Shade Motley, central figure in "A Joyful Noise," the musical being put together by producer Edward Padula.

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VIETCONG AMBUSH A COLUMN ON WAY TO AID U.S. FORCE; South Vietnamese Attacked 100 Miles From Besieged Outpost at Pleime

By Neil Sheehan

S Vietnam relief column en route to Pleime ambushed by Vietcong; map; 2d US plane downed; pilot rescued after 35 hrs; Pleime fighting illus; US mil execs feel bombing inflicts serious casualties on Vietcong troops, who refuse to end siege; clashes in Quangduc and Phuyen Provs detailed

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of October 20, 1965, covering October 24, 1965.

1
Help! (Soundtrack)
The Beatles
Last week
1
Peak
1
Weeks
9
2
Look At Us
Sonny & Cher
Last week
2
Peak
2
Weeks
10
3
The Sound Of Music
Soundtrack
Last week
4
Peak
2
Weeks
32
4
Highway 61 Revisited
Bob Dylan
Last week
5
Peak
4
Weeks
4
5
The In Crowd
Ramsey Lewis Trio
Last week
3
Peak
3
Weeks
11

Notable Births

1965Kyriakos Velopoulos, German-Greek journalist and politician^[†]

Kyriakos Iosif Velopoulos is a Greek politician. He is a member of the Hellenic Parliament and has been president of the Greek Solution political party since its foundation in 2016. Velopoulos is a former parliamentarian for the Popular Orthodox Rally (LAOS) and former member of New Democracy. He is also a journalist, author and television personality.

Notable Deaths

1965Hans Meerwein, German chemist (born 1879)^[†]

Hans Meerwein was a German chemist. Several reactions and reagents bear his name, most notably the Meerwein–Ponndorf–Verley reduction, the Wagner–Meerwein rearrangement, the Meerwein arylation reaction, and Meerwein's salt.

Historical Context for October 24, 1965

In 1965, the world population was approximately 3,334,533,703 people^[†]

Headlines from October 24, 1965

Glass Dome for Shea Stadium? Mets Object; Project Would Cost $9 Million and Add 14,000 Seats DOME IS PROPOSED AT SHEA STADIUM

Beame Aide Says Margin Could Run 'Over 100,000'; BEAME AIDE TALKS OF 100,000 MARGIN

JOHNSON TO PRESS CONGRESS IN 1966 FOR RENT SUBSIDY; He Deplores the Refusal to Provide Funds to Help Low-Income Families FLIES TO TEXAS RANCH President Meets Mansfield After Congress Adjourns, Also Talks With Rusk JOHNSON TO PRESS r FOR REHT SUBSIDY

Raitt Will Make 'A Joyful Noise'; Raitt Will Make 'A Joyful Noise'

VIETCONG AMBUSH A COLUMN ON WAY TO AID U.S. FORCE; South Vietnamese Attacked 100 Miles From Besieged Outpost at Pleime

Help! (Soundtrack)

Look At Us

The Sound Of Music

Highway 61 Revisited

The In Crowd

Notable Births

Notable Deaths

Historical Context for October 24, 1965