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Ger-Amer named Schmidt or Smith, a former US space indus employe, reptdly heads and 2d Amer, Hicks, reptdly works for rocket program formerly staffed mainly by W Gers; US official comments; 40 foreigners reptdly work on project; program supplies reptdly bought in E Ger for 1st time
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Shelepin says that US fails to show it wants peace and threatens to expand war, s, Hanoi; backs N Vietnam Min statements; China ignores Hanoi exchs but notes US interest in Shelepin visit
Commerce and Indus Assn survey of 100 cos employing mostly white collar workers shows 65% got to jobs in 1st wk of strike; absenteeism heavy among clerical and low-skilled
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of January 5, 1966, covering January 10, 1966.
The Beatles
Soundtrack
Herb Alpert's Tijuana Brass
The Rolling Stones
Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass
1966Tashkent Declaration, a peace agreement between India and Pakistan signed that resolved the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965.[†]
The Tashkent Declaration was signed between India and Pakistan on 10 January 1966 to resolve the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965. Peace was achieved on 23 September through interventions by the Soviet Union and the United States, both of which pushed the two warring countries towards a ceasefire in an attempt to avoid any escalation that could draw in other powers.
In 1966, the world population was approximately 3,404,041,125 people[†]