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In 1966, the world population was approximately 3,404,041,125 people[†]
1966Žarko Paspalj, Serbian basketball player[†]
Žarko Paspalj is a retired Serbian professional basketball player and sports administrator. The EuroLeague Final Four MVP in 1994, his sixteen and a half seasons career was mostly spent in Yugoslavia and Greece, along with several short stints in the NBA, France, and Italy. Since 2009, he has been vice-president of the Serbian Olympic Committee.
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K Miles and L Ruby win 12-hr race, Sebring, Fla; driver B McLean killed in crash; 4 spectators killed, 4 hurt in 2d crash; illus
NY Times survey of 20 major labor mkts shows rising manpower shortage, especially of skilled workers; Comr Ross stresses full employment has not been reached, citing 2.6-million workers seeking full-time jobs
Pres Marcos says he assured Pres Sukarno that normalization of Philippine ties with Malaysia will not affect relations with Indonesia, int; hopes to conf with Sukarno and Prime Min Rahman to help them settle differences
Leary program for revamping Police Dept includes such centers
co buys uranium from US cos at $4 a lb, turns it over to AEC for $6-7 credit on enriched reactor fuel that costs US $8 a lb; Cong com moves to block similar deals in future; development of deal traced
Laird and Romney to ask Repub Coordinating Com to name group to study pre-drafting of platform
Wealthy community of Garden City to get $33,551 in Fed antipoverty funds under '65 Educ Act to aid slow learners although there are no poor children in schools; allocation based on Govt formula which assumes every community has some families with incomes under $2,000
Prime Min Gandhi expected to ask Johnson for long-term aid commitments during visit to US; needs detailed; illus
USMC bn lands at mouth of Saigon River to clear area of Vietcong, safeguard shipping; illus; fails to find any guerrillas though area is considered their major refuge; 2 USMC fighter-bombers downed, northern areas; Vietcong seen seeking to extend their area of control into Quangtri and Thuathien Provs; speculation; map
Buddhist leaders forcibly keep angry young Buddhists, shouting anti-US and anti-Govt slogans at student rally, from marching on major business area, Saigon; Tam Chau urges patience, asks Nguyen Cao Ky be given chance to comply with Buddhist demands; Nguyen Cao Ky, in radio ss, appeals for order, reiterates pledge of civilian govt; Hoang Quynh scores mil regime, int; demonstrations continue, Hue; 500-1,000 S Vietnamese soldiers participate