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Bethlehem raises structural steel prices $5 a ton; Pres Johnson scores 'unwarranted price increases that can lead to inflation,' statement after being informed by Econ Advisers Council Chmn Ackley that co made no attempt to justify rise in response to Ackley criticism
Lindsay sworn in as 103d Mayor of NYC by Justice Hecht; illus; took oath in afternoon instead of midnight, as customary, to enable children to be present; those at ceremony listed; Harlem Citizens for Community Action Rev A K Smith says Negroes will not picket City Hall ceremony because Negroes will be seated on main platform; says his orgn will boycott inaugural ball
MOSCOW, Dec. 31 President Ho Chi Minh insisted on stressing North Vietnam's own peace terms today and pub- licly thanked "the American people" for opposing the military actions of their Government.
TWU and Amalgamated Transit Union apparently start strike against NYCTA and 5 private bus lines; TWU pres Quill storms out of talks at Americana Hotel shortly after midnight; calls NYCTA offer of 2-yr, $25-million contract 'peanut package'; Mayor Lindsay outlines instructions for coping with emergency, TV ints; says he will take all possible steps to enforce law; says unions rejected his proposal for fact-finding or arbitration; Quill comments; tears up copy of legal paper handed him; reiterates intent to defy strike injunction; says union has 5 teams to carry on; assails Lindsay, calling him 'pipsqueak' and 'juvenile'; appears on NY Times radio station WQXR to answer broadcast editorial critical of TWU; charges NY Times printed 17 editorials on transit situation; scores role of Times editorial page editor J B Oakes; Dr Feinsinger, chmn of 3-man mediation panel, says panel will continue efforts to have bargaining talks resumed; NYS Sup Ct Justice Tilzer temporarily bars 2 unions and their officers from striking; Gov Rockefeller returns from VI vacation to keep in touch with situation
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of December 29, 1965, covering January 1, 1966.
Herb Alpert's Tijuana Brass
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Various Artists
Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass
The Rolling Stones
1966Anna Burke, Australian businesswoman and politician, 28th Speaker of the Australian House of Representatives[†]
Anna Elizabeth Burke is an Australian former politician who served as the 28th speaker of the Australian House of Representatives from October 2012 to August 2013, and was Acting Speaker from May to October 2012. A member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP), she was the member of parliament (MP) for the division of Chisholm from 1998 to 2016.
1966Ivica Dačić, Serbian journalist and politician, 95th Prime Minister of Serbia[†]
Ivica Dačić is a Serbian politician serving as deputy prime minister of Serbia since 2022 and minister of internal affairs since 2024. He has been the leader of the Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS) since 2006.
1966Tihomir Orešković, Croatian–Canadian businessman, 11th Prime Minister of Croatia[†]
Tihomir "Tim" Orešković is a Croatian-Canadian businessman who was Prime Minister of Croatia from January to October 2016, before a no-confidence vote filed by one of the two parties in the ruling coalition brought his government down.
1966Vincent Auriol, French journalist and politician, 16th President of the French Republic (born 1884)[†]
Vincent Jules Auriol was a French politician who served as President of France from 1947 to 1954.
In 1966, the world population was approximately 3,404,041,125 people[†]