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Prof Hewitt calls it 'blow to police professionalism'; says it will undercut efforts to raise educ level of ptl and is unfair to youths of other ethnic origins; Leary holds project is open to all races; Lindsay reiterates support
NYS Human Rights Comm finds airlines should not be allowed to set arbitrary age limits for stewardesses below standard retirement ages of other airline employes; Comr Conway holds inability to meet required 'level of performance' should be only basis for early retirement; comm spokesman says it does not constitute order but will serve as guideline for comm in deciding individual complaints; TWU pres Guinan hails rept; airlines to fight any attempt to revise age limits
Abp Ramsey says he told Pope revision 'does not satisfy the consciences of Anglicans and other non-Cath Christians', news conf, Rome
NYS Sup Ct rejects Blaikie-Maidman suits challenging const of special law
US Sup Ct, 6-3, rules Va poll tax unconst; ruling seen broad enough to end tax in 3 other Southern states; Justice Douglas, in majority opinion, held fee-paying 'causes invidious discrimination that runs afoul of equal protection clause' of 14th Amendment; ruling was based on suits by 2 Negroes but was decided on econ grounds, not racial discrimination; Va Gov Godwin comments
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of March 23, 1966, covering March 25, 1966.
SSgt Barry Sadler
Herb Alpert's Tijuana Brass
Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass
Soundtrack
The Beatles
1966Tom Glavine, American baseball player[†]
Thomas Michael Glavine is an American former professional baseball pitcher who played 22 seasons in Major League Baseball, for the Atlanta Braves and New York Mets (2003–2007).
1966Humberto Gonzalez, Mexican boxer[†]
Humberto González is a Mexican former professional boxing champion. He held the WBC three times, IBF and Lineal Jr. Flyweight titles. He was nicknamed Chiquita.
1966Jeff Healey, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2008)[†]
Norman Jeffrey Healey was a Canadian blues, rock and jazz guitarist, singer and songwriter who attained popularity in the 1980s and 1990s. He reached No. 5 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart with "Angel Eyes" and reached the Top 10 in Canada with the songs "I Think I Love You Too Much" and "How Long Can a Man Be Strong".
1966Anton Rogan, Northern Irish footballer[†]
Anton Rogan is a former professional footballer. His playing career included spells at Lisburn Distillery, Celtic, Sunderland, Oxford United, Millwall and Blackpool. Rogan also played 18 times for the Northern Ireland national team between 1987 and 1996.
In 1966, the world population was approximately 3,404,041,125 people[†]