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NYS Legis com proposes 5-yr, $250-million plan for control comm to coordinate and supervise all pub and private treatment programs; approves allowing drs to give drugs on maintenance basis; chmn Corso comments; State Council on Drug Addiction urges more freedom for drs in treating addicts
record 20,000-30,000 employes retired, Nov and Dec, to take advantage of unusual annuity benefits which expires Dec 31; total may reach 40,000
US repts finding shallow graves 5 mi from Saigon with bodies of 3 US marines and 8 S Vietnamese soldiers who were executed and mutilated, apparently by N Vietnamese regulars, during Dec 16 reconnaissance patrol; bodies of 3 other soldiers, including US sgt, found at same time
Prof H C Deutsch delivers paper to Amer Historical Assn revealing that Pope Pius XII was mediator between anti-Hitler conspirators in Ger and Brit Foreign Office in effort to forestall Hitler's offensive in West; calls act one of most astounding events in modern annals of papacy; quotes Pius confidant Rev R Leiber on events; J Mueller was Ger contact with Leiber
Procaccino sworn in; illus; he s; speakers include Wagner, Lindsay, NYS Controller Levitt, Council Pres Screvane, Councilman O'Dwyer; 1,200 attend; reception
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of December 29, 1965, covering December 31, 1965.
Herb Alpert's Tijuana Brass
Soundtrack
Various Artists
Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass
The Rolling Stones
1965Tony Dorigo, Australian-English footballer and sportscaster[†]
Anthony Robert Dorigo is a former professional footballer, sports pundit and co-commentator.
1965Julie Doucet, Canadian cartoonist and author[†]
Julie Doucet is a Canadian underground cartoonist and artist, best known for her autobiographical works such as Dirty Plotte and My New York Diary. Her work is concerned with such topics as "sex, violence, menstruation and male/female issues."
1965Laxman Sivaramakrishnan, Indian cricketer[†]
Laxman Sivaramakrishnan, popularly known as "Siva" and LS, is a former Indian cricketer and current cricket commentator. During his playing career, he was a right-arm leg-spinner. Sivaramakrishnan began his commentary career in a test match between India and Bangladesh on November 12 November 2000. He also serves as one of the players' representatives on the International Cricket Council's cricket committee. He was also a part of the Indian squad which won the 1985 World Championship of Cricket.
1965Jean-Bédel Bokassa, leader of the Central African Republic army, and his military officers begin a coup d'état against the government of President David Dacko.[†]
Jean-Bédel Bokassa was a Central African politician and military officer who served as the second president of the Central African Republic (CAR), after seizing power in the Saint-Sylvestre coup d'état on 1 January 1966. He later established the Central African Empire (CAE) with himself as emperor, reigning as Bokassa I until his overthrow in a 1979 coup.
In 1965, the world population was approximately 3,334,533,703 people[†]