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US policy backed, Manhattan and Trinity Colls, Rutgers and Pittsburgh Univs; Trenton (NJ) Times opens lr-writing campaign pledging faith to US troops; Repr Fraser plans pub hearings on US role at suggestion of Minn Com to End War in Vietnam; Dodd says Sen Internatl Security subcom will probe May 2d Movement
Lindsay pledges probe of whether judgeships are sold, press conf; urges const amendment on ct apptmts; stumps all boros; pledges to serve full term, to keep City Hall open 24 hrs a day; repeats subway fare proposal, s, sr citizens rally, Manhattan Center; backed by Bklyn metal workers, Labor's Non-Partis an League, Village Voice (pub)
mayoral candidate Buckley proposes raising fares to put transit system on pay-as-you-go basis; holds 15¢ fare 'hallucination'; would give free bus and subway tokens to the 'poor,'
Foster says US proposal for transfer of fissionable materials to peaceful uses would involve destruction of several thousand nuclear weapons by US and USSR, UN com; USSR circulates draft resolution for nonproliferation treaty barring transfer of nuclear weapons to 3d states or groups, including alliances; draft seen reflecting Communist opposition to Ger access to weapons through NATO force; Deputy Min Mod (Hungary) charges Ger would have such access, s
FCC orders probe of AT&T cost, rate and earnings structure to determine co earnings on all services and minimum earnings needed; seen likely to set specific rates for all types of communications furnished by AT&T at end of probe; co chmn Kappel denounces probe
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of October 27, 1965, covering October 28, 1965.
The Beatles
Sonny & Cher
Soundtrack
Bob Dylan
Ramsey Lewis Trio
1965Jami Gertz, American actress[†]
Jami Beth Gertz is an American actress. Gertz had roles in the films Crossroads, Quicksilver, Less than Zero, The Lost Boys, and the 1980s TV series Square Pegs and 1996's Twister, as well as roles as Judy Miller in the CBS sitcom Still Standing and as Debbie Weaver in the ABC sitcom The Neighbors. She is an owner of the Atlanta Hawks basketball team along with her husband Tony Ressler.
1965David Warburton, English composer, businessman, and politician[†]
David John Warburton is a British former politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Somerton and Frome from 2015 until his resignation in 2023. On his election in the 2015 general election he represented the Conservative Party, but was suspended from the party in April 2022 pending the outcome of an Independent Complaints and Grievance Scheme (ICGS) investigation into allegations, eventually withdrawn and dismissed, of harassment and class A drug use. Prior to entering politics, he was the founder, chief executive and chairman of Pitch Entertainment Group. On 17 June 2023, Warburton announced his resignation as an MP, triggering a by-election.
1965Miyako Yoshida, Japanese ballerina[†]
Miyako Yoshida is a Japanese ballet dancer. She was a Principal Guest Artist of The Royal Ballet as well as a principal dancer with K-ballet, Japan.
1965Thomas Graham Brown, Scottish mountaineer and physiologist (born 1882)[†]
Thomas Graham Brown FRS was a Scottish mountaineer and physiologist, most famous for finding three new routes up the east face of Mont Blanc.
1965Pope Paul VI promulgates Nostra aetate, by which the Roman Catholic Church officially recognizes the legitimacy of non-Christian faiths.[†]
Pope Paul VI was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 21 June 1963 until his death on 6 August 1978. Succeeding John XXIII, he continued the Second Vatican Council, which he closed in 1965, implementing its numerous reforms. He fostered improved ecumenical relations with Eastern Orthodox and Protestant churches, which resulted in many historic meetings and agreements. In January 1964, he flew to Jordan, the first time a reigning pontiff had left Italy in more than a century.
In 1965, the world population was approximately 3,334,533,703 people[†]