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US Sens voice growing concern over crisis, urge policy reappraisal; Sen Cooper suggests new decisions, Sen Mansfield concerned over crisis impact on war effort; Sen Tower speculates on Nguyen Cao Ky retaining control, rept on visit
PARIS, April 13 The French Government cautioned the United States and other members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization today against requesting excessive delays for the completion of the evacuation of foreign military installations from France.
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rights leaders worried that antiwar statements by civil rights groups on Vietnam war may alienate Cong and Johnson Adm and harm passage of new rights legis; L Harris poll shows 4 out of 10 Amers criticize rights groups opposing war
Ramparts magazine and S K Sheinbaum, ex-Mich State U aide, disclose univ provided support and cover for CIA operations in S Vietnam from '55 to '59 and simultaneously, at US behest, operated 7-yr multimillion-dollar tech aid program that trained police and other pub officials for Ngo Dinh Diem regime; Ramparts, continuously outspoken against US policy, and Sheinbaum make disclosure to support charges that Mich State and other univs neglected scholarship to serve US policy; Profs R Smuckler and R Scigliano, participants in project, confirm CIA role
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of April 13, 1966, covering April 14, 1966.
Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass
SSgt Barry Sadler
Herb Alpert's Tijuana Brass
Soundtrack
Nancy Sinatra
1966AndrĂ© Boisclair, Canadian lawyer and politician[â ]
André Boisclair is a former Canadian politician in Quebec, Canada. He was the leader of the Parti Québécois, a social democratic and sovereigntist party in Quebec.
1966Jan Boklöv, Swedish ski jumper[â ]
Jan Mauritz Boklöv is a Swedish former ski jumper who won the 1988â89 World Cup season. He also dominated the Swedish national championships during the late 1980s and early 1990s. He is best known for popularising the now-ubiquitous V-style in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
1966David Justice, American baseball player and sportscaster[â ]
David Christopher Justice is an American former professional baseball outfielder and designated hitter who played 14 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB). He won the World Series with the Atlanta Braves and the New York Yankees, won the National League Rookie of the Year Award in 1990, and was a three-time MLB All-Star. He also played for the Cleveland Indians and the Oakland Athletics.
1966Greg Maddux, American baseball player, coach, and manager[â ]
Gregory Alan Maddux, also known as "Mad Dog" and "the Professor," is an American former professional baseball pitcher who played 23 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB), primarily with the Atlanta Braves and Chicago Cubs. He won the 1995 World Series with the Braves over the Cleveland Indians. Maddux was the first pitcher in MLB history to win the Cy Young Award four consecutive years (1992â1995), matched by only one other pitcher, Randy Johnson. During those four seasons, Maddux had a 75â29 record with a 1.98 earned run average (ERA), while allowing fewer than one baserunner per inning.
In 1966, the world population was approximately 3,404,041,125 people[â ]