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Mayor Lindsay strongly defended Deputy Mayor Robert Price yesterday against recent criticism.
Rusk and Admr Bell concede some US aid to S Vietnam is pocketed by corrupt officials of both govts, HR hearing on request; decline to estimate amt; Repr Hays notes wife of Amer businessman in Saigon has sent back to US about $36,000 in 6 mos from black mkt operations; Bell says US is trying to stop corruption; cites case of penicillin hidden in loaves of bread; notes most US econ aid is in commodities sold to merchants for piastres; Rusk derides Repr Zablocki remark that Vietcong are not depositing gold in Switzerland
state auditor L E Silverman testifies that bldr F C Trump netted $1,826,000 windfall from Trump Village, Bklyn, project whose legal reprs included then-Planning Comr Lindenbaum and then-State Sen Mitchell; says Trump obtained sponsorship of project by blocking approval in Estimate Bd of another applicant for 3 yrs; says Lindenbaum's firm and lawyer M Tosti billed NYS for $520,000 for legal services in acquiring land for project and Mitchell's law firm charged $128,000 for legal services in sale of co-op apts in project; Lindenbaum admits being Trump's repr but says work had nothing to do with city; says legal fees were for evicting 1,000 tenants from site and for condemning land; Fisch shows that condemnation was handled by City Corp Counsel's office and that state was billed by private relocation co for $382,419; Silverman says that Trump reaped additional profits by charging excessive rental fees for equipment supplied by another Trump co; A Kazan of United Housing Foundation testifies that he applied to build project but abandoned it in face of opposition in Estimate Bd
6 Dem Sens try to rally colleagues who oppose resumed bombing; voice concern to Fulbright; Rusk refuses to comment on issue, HR com; scores 'curious double standard' on bombing; criticizes Cooper proposal that Johnson state specifically that negotiations could include Vietcong; AP poll on issue of resuming bombing shows 25 Sens approve, 25 opposed; Repr Albert repts all HR leaders back resumption
Johnsons have borrowed 2 P Hurd paintings for mansion, 1 from Smithsonian Inst; illus
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of January 26, 1966, covering January 27, 1966.
The Beatles
Herb Alpert's Tijuana Brass
Soundtrack
Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass
Herman's Hermits
1966Tamlyn Tomita, Japanese-American actress and singer[†]
Tamlyn Naomi Tomita is an American actress. She made her screen debut as Kumiko in The Karate Kid Part II (1986) and reprised the character for the streaming series Cobra Kai (2021). She is also well known for her role as Waverly in The Joy Luck Club (1993). Additional films include Come See the Paradise (1990), Picture Bride (1994), Four Rooms (1995), Robot Stories (2003), The Day After Tomorrow (2004) and Gaijin 2: Love Me as I Am (2005).
In 1966, the world population was approximately 3,404,041,125 people[†]