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April 6, 1966

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Headlines from April 6, 1966

Mississippi Police Rout 1,000 Negroes With Gas and Clubs; Mississippi Police Rout 1,000 Negroes

By Gene Roberts

over 100 troopers use tear gas and clubs to rout gathering of 1,000 Negroes; illus; Evers urged Negroes to leave area; Natl Guard on campus does not take part in melee; Negroes are seeking ouster of coll pres Boyd who they claim acted against rights advocates; Boyd denial; Evers meets with State Coll Bd to present grievances against Boyd; says struggle is between Negroes and whites should not intervene; attys file petition, Fed Ct, against ct order barring demonstrations

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Teamsters' Threat Aimed at Hospitals; Teamsters Threaten Strike at All City Hospitals

By Henry Raymont

Teamsters threatens to boycott food and med supplies deliveries to city hosps to protest alleged city campaign to pressure employes to join rival State, County and Munic Employes; repr cites Comr Yerby circular which names rival and ignores Teamsters, news conf; rejects conf with Deputy Mayor Costello, calls him 'architect' of campaign; Costello deplores boycott; Yerby calls omission inadvertent

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COLLEGES WARNED TO CURB DRUG USE; U.S. Asserts Hallucinogens May Harm Students COLLEGES WARNED TO CURB DRUG USE

By Robert B. Semple Jr. Special To the New York Times

FDA Comr Goddard urges 'concerted action' against illegal use of drugs by students, lr to aides at more than 2,000 colls and univs; warns permanent mental and physical injury can result from their use; asks illegal use of hallucinatory or sleep-delaying drugs such as amphetamines be reptd to FDA; stresses LSD is greatest danger and can be easily made in chem labs; also notes use of psilocybin, Mex mushroom extract, and mescaline, derived from Peyote cactus, as drugs that cause effects similar to LSD but are more difficult to produce; Sen Dodd bill would stiffen penalties for smuggling narcotics and hallucinatory drugs 'now a craze on coll campuses' and set up a Mex-US comm to study enforcement machinery

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of April 6, 1966, covering April 6, 1966.

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    Album cover for Ballads Of The Green Berets by SSgt Barry Sadler

    Ballads Of The Green Berets

    SSgt Barry Sadler

    Last week
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    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    7
  2. 2
    Album cover for Whipped Cream & Other Delights by Herb Alpert's Tijuana Brass

    Whipped Cream & Other Delights

    Herb Alpert's Tijuana Brass

    Last week
    3
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    48
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    Album cover for !!Going Places!! by Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass

    !!Going Places!!

    Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    26
  4. 4
    Album cover for The Sound Of Music by Soundtrack

    The Sound Of Music

    Soundtrack

    Last week
    4
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    56
  5. 5
    Album cover for Boots by Nancy Sinatra

    Boots

    Nancy Sinatra

    Last week
    8
    Peak
    5
    Weeks
    5

Notable Births

Vince Flynn

1966Vince Flynn, American author (died 2013)[†]

Vincent Joseph Flynn was an American author of political thriller novels featuring the fictional assassin Mitch Rapp. He was a story consultant for the fifth season of the television series 24. He died of prostate cancer on June 19, 2013.

1966Young Man Kang, South Korean-American director and producer[†]

Young Man Kang is a South Korean filmmaker based in Los Angeles, California, United States. Kang directed and produced The Last Eve (2005), Soap Girl (2002), Cupid's Mistake (2001) and Kimchi Warrior (2009). He is the director and founder of Seoul Webfest.

Historical Context for April 6, 1966

In 1966, the world population was approximately 3,404,041,125 people[†]